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Definition of Triticum
1. Noun. Annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Wheat
Definition of Triticum
1. n. A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
Definition of Triticum
1. a cereal grass [n -S]
Medical Definition of Triticum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Triticum
Literary usage of Triticum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"triticum and Far. No one entertains any doubt that triticum ... Among many
different kinds of triticum he deems the following only deserting of particular ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1854)
"He has also obtained two new hybrid plants,— one by the fecundation of JE.
ovata by triticum spelta, the other by the action of the pollen of triticum durum ..."
3. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, F. Lamson-Scribner (1904)
"(Hackel.) Flo. 231-b b— 1, Common Bearded Winter Wheat. triticum sativum vulgare;
2, triticum sativum ..."
4. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Induction of Pollen Plants of Intergeneric Hybrids of triticum aestivum x ...
China An intermediate type of hybrid triticum-Agropyron (referred to as ..."