India wheat

noun

1. a buckwheat, Fagopyrum tataricum, of India, having loose clusters of greenish or yellowish flowers, grown for soil improvement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of India wheat¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Between 1960 and 2015 in India, wheat production more than trebled, and rice production increased by 800% while millet production remained stagnant at low levels.

From BBC

Soyabeans in India, wheat in Australia and rice in China could also suffer.

From Economist

The cultivated plants of Arabia are much the same as those of northern India—wheat, barley, and the common Sorghum, with dates and lemons, cotton and indigo.

From Project Gutenberg

More than three-fourths of the India wheat crop is grown on little patches of ground only a few feet square, and sold in the local markets.

From Project Gutenberg