triticale

English

Etymology

Blend of Latin trīticum (“wheat”) +‎ Latin sēcale (“rye”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪtɪˈkeɪli/
Rhymes: -eɪli
Hyphenation: trit‧i‧ca‧le

Noun

triticale (countable and uncountable, plural triticales)

(uncountable) A grain crop, a hybrid of wheat and rye, that gives a high yield.
Hypernyms: grain, cereal
(countable) Any particular variety of triticale.

Coordinate terms

(Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Related terms

triticum

Translations

grain crop

Catalan: triticale m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小黑麥／小黑麦 (xiǎohēimài)
Finnish: ruisvehnä, tritikali
German: Triticale (de) m or f
Irish: triteacál m
Polish: pszenżyto (pl) n
Spanish: triticale m

any particular variety of triticale

Chinese:
Mandarin: 小黑麥／小黑麦 (xiǎohēimài)
Finnish: ruisvehnälajike
Polish: pszenżyto (pl) n

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Translations to be checked

Romanian: triticală (ro) f
Russian: тритика́ле (ru) f (tritikále)

Anagrams

cliterati, lateritic, triticeal