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† tiphe Obs. Also 6–7 typhe, 7 typh. [a. L. tiphē = Gr. τίϕη ‘acc. to Sprengel, Peter's-corn, one-grained wheat, Triticum monococcum, Linn.’] A species of wheat having the ripe ear laterally compressed, the spikelets in two very compact rows, each containing, as a rule, one grain. Also attrib.
1578Lyte Dodoens iv. iv. 456 Of Typhewheate, called in Latine Triticum Romanorum. Ibid. 457 Typhe wheate or Bearded wheate. 1598Florio, Pane di tritello, rie or typhe⁓bread. 1611Cotgr., Meteil,..typhe wheat, bearded wheat, flat wheat, Roman wheat. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 56/1 Typh Wheat..is very like to our Rye..and doth make very black Bread. 1790J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile V. 79 (Teff) There is one [cereal] which he [Pliny] calls Tiphe, but says not whence it came. |