Triticum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triticum \Trit"i*cum\, n. [L., perhaps fr. tritus, p. p. of
     terere to grind.] (Bot.)
     A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Triticum
       n : annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely
           cultivated in temperate regions [syn: {genus Triticum}]