triticum aestivum

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscommon wheat

   Broaderwheat

   Partswheat

Questions about triticum aestivum

What does triticum aestivum mean?

triticum aestivum means "widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain".

What is another word for triticum aestivum?

Close synonyms include common wheat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is triticum aestivum a common word?

triticum aestivum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.