TRITICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triticum mean? 

• TRITICUM (noun)
  The noun TRITICUM has 1 sense:

1. annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions

  Familiarity information: TRITICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRITICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Triticum; Triticum

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)