genus Triticum

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genus Triticum - annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regionsTriticumliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canewheat - annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains