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trit⋅i⋅ca⋅le

  [trit-i-key-lee]
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–noun
a hybrid produced by crossing wheat, Triticum aestivum, and rye, Secale cereale.
Origin:
1935–40; < NL Triti(cum) wheat + (Se)cale rye
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trit·i·ca·le   (trĭt'ĭ-kā'lē)   
n.  

  1. A hardy hybrid of wheat and rye having a high yield.

  2. The grains of this hybrid.


[Latin trīticum, wheat (from trītus, past participle of terere, to rub, thresh; see trite) + sēcale, rye.]
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triticale 
hybrid cereal grass, 1952, from Mod.L. Triti(cum) "wheat" (lit. "grain for threshing," from tritus, pp. of terrere "to rub, thresh, grind") + (Se)cale "rye."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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