Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Triticum \Trit"i*cum\, n. [L., perhaps fr. tritus, p. p. of
   terere to grind.] (Bot.)
   A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.

Source : WordNet®

Triticum
     n : annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely
         cultivated in temperate regions [syn: {genus Triticum}]