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winter wheat

winter wheat noun: a type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.

Noun

winter wheat (countable and uncountable, plural winter wheats)

  1. A type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.

Forms of winter wheat

pluralwinter wheats

Questions about winter wheat

What does winter wheat mean?
Winter wheat means a type of wheat that is planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring.
What part of speech is winter wheat?
Winter wheat is a noun.
What is the plural of winter wheat?
The plural of winter wheat is winter wheats.

Words near winter wheat in the dictionary

  1. Winter Valley
  2. winter vomiting disease
  3. Winter War
  4. winter warmer
  5. winter warmers
  6. winter wheat
  7. winter wheats
  8. winter white Russian hamster
  9. winter white Russian hamsters
  10. winter wonderland
  11. winter wonderlands

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