triticum
/ (ˈtrɪtɪkəm) /
any annual cereal grass of the genus Triticum, which includes the wheats
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How to use triticum in a sentence
But I now think that all these suggested plants must give way in favour of the common Couch-grass (triticum repens).
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeFor this purpose he selected the septate resting spores from Poa pratensis and triticum repens.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeDioscorides1825 distinguishes two sorts of zeia, which apparently answer to triticum spelta and T. monococcum.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolletriticum, trit′i-kum, n. a genus of grasses including the varieties of wheat.
It feeds on the juicy lower part of the stems of grasses, such as triticum, but will also eat the leaves.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard South
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