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Common Wheat

(Triticum aestivum), a species of wheat with a tough, awned or awnless, loose, elongated spike and a naked grain of varied coloring (white, yellow, red). Common wheat is hexaploid (contains 42 chromosomes in its somatic cells) and very flexible. The most common species of wheat, it is cultivated in all agricultural regions of the world. It is a winter-hardy, drought-resistant, and early-ripening plant. There are more than 250 known varieties; the most widespread varieties are Lutescens, Erythrospermum, Milturum, Albidum, Ferrugineum, and Graecum.

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No references found			Common wheat provides some 20 percent of the calories eaten by all of humanity, said the study authors. Wheat gene found to overcome fungal disease: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition Common wheat containing substances that you might find on a list of ingredients include semolina and couscous. How to Spot Products That Contain Gluten by Dean Williams / Food/cooking/nutrition community The researchers found that the loss of matter in the cooking water and weight increases during the cooking of buckwheat pasta were greater than those of a reference sample made of common wheat flour. Gluten-free fresh egg pasta analogues contain buckwheat by Emerging Food R&D Report			common operating environment Common OS API common path of travel common pitch Common Pleas, Court Common Program Interface common projectile common purlin common pyrite common rafter common return Common Ridings Day common roof common room common salt Common Sense Common Stock common storage common tangent common thistle common time Common Timing System Common User Access common vent common wall Common Wheat common year common-and-cross bond common-base connection common-base feedback oscillator common-channel interoffice signaling common-collector connection common-drain amplifier common-emitter connection common-gate amplifier common-ion effect Common-ISDN-API Common-Law Marriage common-mode error common-mode gain common-mode input capacitance common-mode input impedance common-mode input resistance common-mode rejection common-mode rejection ratio common-mode signal common-mode voltage common-rail injection common-source amplifier common-user channel common-user circuit			common wallaroos common walnut common walnut common walnut common walnuts common walnuts common walnuts Common Warehouse Meta-Model Common Warehouse Metadata Common Warehouse Metadata Interchange common wart common wart common wart common wasp Common Water Hyacinth common water snake Common Water-crowfoot common watercress Common Weakness Enumeration Common Weakness Scoring System Common Wealth Credit Union Common Weapon Data Link Common Weapon Launcher Common Weapon Sight Common Weapons Control System Common Web Vulnerabilities common wentletraps Common Western Music Notation Common Western Notation Common What, Where, When Schema Common Wheat Common Whimbrel common white dogwood Common whitefish Common Whitethroat Common Wild Oat common winterberry holly Common Wintergreen Common Wireless Access System common wolffia Common Wombat common wombats common wombats common wombats Common Wood Pigeon common wood sorrel Common Wood-Pigeon Common woodbine Common woodsorrel Common Woolly Sunflower Common Wooly Sunflower Common Work Area Common Work File Common Working File Host Common Working File Medicare Quality Assurance Common Working Group Review Common Workload Planning System

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