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TRITICUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Triticum; Triticum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Triticum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Triticum"):
wheat (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)
Holonyms ("Triticum" is a member of...):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)