wheat germ

1. 1.

   embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins

   Broadernutriment

   Part ofwheat

Questions about wheat germ

What does wheat germ mean?

wheat germ means "embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins".

Is wheat germ a common word?

wheat germ is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.