notwheat

English

Etymology

From not +‎ wheat.

Noun

notwheat (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) unbearded wheat
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
      Notwheate, so termed, because it is vnbearded […]

References

“notwheat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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