wheat, any of several species of cereal grasses of the genus Triticum (family Poaceae) and their edible grains. Wheat is one of the oldest and most important of the cereal crops.
Wheat, a cereal grain of the genus Triticum (family Poaceae), is one of the oldest and most important of all cereal crops. It comes in several species, all of which produce edible grains.Wheat is a typical non-woody, herbaceous plant. Its structure consists of cylindrical shoots and roots which contain an embryonic region, known as an apical meristem, at their tips.