Meaning & use
wheats
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Plural form of wheat, referring to different species or cultivated varieties of the cereal grass grown for its grain.
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The farm cultivates several wheats suited to the region's dry climate.
Breeders have developed hardier wheats that resist drought and disease.
A note on using this word
Usually 'wheat' is treated as uncountable, but the plural 'wheats' appears when distinguishing among different cultivated varieties.
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grainscereals
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