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triticums

triticums is the plural of triticum.

Meaning of triticum

Noun

triticum (countable and uncountable, plural triticums)

  1. A plant of the genus Triticum (wheat and related cereals).
    • The Characteriſticks of the Triticums, or Wheat-corns, are, according to Ray, that they are culminiferous, graminifolious Herbs, having an imperfect Flower; which culminiferous Herbs or Plants, are thoſe which have a large Grain, or thoſe which have a ſmall one: All which are annual. [Note:] The...1734, “Of the ſeveral Species of Wheat and Rye; their Etymology, Character, &c. together with the true Seaſons of Sowing, and Soil proper for each Species”, in The Practical Husbandman and Planter...
    Synonyms:
    wheat

Questions about triticums

What is triticums the plural of?
Triticums is the plural of triticum.

Words near triticums in the dictionary

  1. triticeal
  2. triticeous
  3. triticin
  4. triticonazole
  5. triticum
  6. triticums
  7. tritide
  8. tritides
  9. tritigenic
  10. tritimovirus
  11. tritimoviruses

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