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club wheat
noun
- a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
Word History and Origins
Origin of club wheat1
Example Sentences
Soft white wheat and club wheat — two varieties commonly grown in parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho — were selling for $4.67 to $4.90 a bushel last week, according to the U.S.
Club wheat has also had a great run, and is now very popular at the West.
We happened to learn that it was nothing but common club wheat, sown on rather low ground, where it happened to grow very fair that season.
The grain most in favor through the state is called "club wheat" from the form of the head, which is blockshaped, instead of long and slender.
The "club wheat" holds fast its grain so that it can be harvested without falling to the ground, which, in so dry a climate, is a great point in its favor.
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