triticale
English
Etymology
Blend of Latin trīticum (“wheat”) + Latin sēcale (“rye”).
Pronunciation
Noun
triticale (countable and uncountable, plural triticales)
- (uncountable) A grain crop, a hybrid of wheat and rye, that gives a high yield.
- (countable) Any particular variety of triticale.
Coordinate terms
- (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat
Translations
grain crop
any particular variety of triticale
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Further reading
- triticale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “triticale”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.