The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pungled \Pun"gled\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has
   lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the
   wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thrips \Thrips\, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially
   those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips
   (Thrips cerealium).
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   Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other
         small injurious insects.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
   OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
   Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
   White.] (Bot.)
   A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
   furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
   grain most largely used by the human race.
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   Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
         white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
         summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
         as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
         origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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   Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.

   German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.

   Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.

   Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
      (Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
      half as large.

   Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.

   Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
      species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
      of growing wheat.

   Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
   (a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus
       Surinamensis) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
       other grains.
   (b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium
       paniceum) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
       wheat.

   Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]


   Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.

   Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
      somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
      of Europe and America.

   Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.

   Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.

   Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.

   Wheat midge. (Zool.)
   (a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
       destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
       The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
       larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
       grown change to pupae in the earth.
   (b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.

   Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
      of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
      Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.

   Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
      troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.

   Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips (Thrips
      cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of
      growing wheat.

   Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
   (a) The grain weevil.
   (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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