Cereal vs. Wheat

Cerealnoun

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

Wheatnoun

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Cerealnoun

(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.

Wheatnoun

(uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Cerealnoun

(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

‘Would you like some cereal?’; ‘Which cereal would you like for breakfast?’;

Wheatadjective

Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Cerealadjective

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

Wheatnoun

A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.

Cerealnoun

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; - usually in the plural.

Wheatnoun

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

Cerealnoun

grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

Wheatnoun

grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour

Cerealnoun

foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Wheatnoun

a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.

Cerealnoun

a breakfast food prepared from grain

Wheatnoun

the grain of wheat.

Cerealadjective

made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it;

‘a cereal beverage’; ‘cereal grasses’;

Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).

Cereal

A cereal is any grass cultivated (grown) for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. The term may also refer to the resulting grain itself (specifically ).

‘cereal grain’;