TRITICUM AESTIVUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain

Synonyms:

common wheat; Triticum aestivum

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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