wheat vs common wheat

common wheat vs wheat

wheat and common wheat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wheat	Yes	No	No	No
common wheat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, common wheat is a hyponym of wheat; that is, common wheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wheat:

wheat: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
common wheat: widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain

Other hyponyms of wheat include durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, soft wheat, Triticum aestivum, spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta, emmer, starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, wild emmer, wild wheat.

wheat (noun)	common wheat (noun)
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white	widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

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