tarwe

Definitions of tarwe
  1. noun
    annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
    synonyms: tarwebrood
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    types:
    spelt
    hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
    emerkoren
    hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
    type of:
    graan, graansoort, koren
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
  2. noun
    grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
    synonyms: tarwebrood
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    type of:
    graan, graanproduct, graanprodukt, koren, vlam
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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