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TRITICUM AESTIVUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
Synonyms:
common wheat; Triticum aestivum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Triticum aestivum" is a kind of...):
wheat (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)
Meronyms (parts of "Triticum aestivum"):
wheat; wheat berry (grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour)