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wheat-plum
† wheat-plum Obs. (or dial.) [orig. a misinterpretation of L. cērea prūna waxen or wax-coloured plums (Virgil, Ecl. ii. 53), cērea being misapprehended as *cĕrea wheaten (f. Ceres wheat, corn); subsequent association with white is probable (cf. wheatear2 and Du. witte pruim).] Name of a supposed var... Oxford English Dictionary
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wheaten
wheaten, a. (ˈhwiːt(ə)n) Forms: 1 hwæten, huaeten, 3 ȝweten, 4 hueten, 5, 6 whetyn, 6 whettyn, whe(a)ton, 7 wheten, 6– wheaten. [OE. hwǽten = MDu. weiten, MHG. weiȥîn: see wheat n. and -en4.] 1. Composed of the grain or flour of wheat. Sometimes applied spec. to bread made of the whole grain (‘whole... Oxford English Dictionary
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white
▪ I. white, n.1 (hwaɪt) Forms: see white a. [Various absolute uses of white a. Cf. L. album, F. blanc blank n.] 1. The translucent viscous fluid surrounding the yolk of an egg, which becomes white when coagulated; = albumen 1. Usually in full, the white of an egg (or, as a substance, white or the wh... Oxford English Dictionary
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