Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secalotricum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: secalotricum
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hybrid of wheat and rye, similar to triticale but using rye as the cytoplasm donor.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The tetraploid secalotricums were characterized by a considerable cytological stability, as only 15.10 to 17.68% of the tetrads had micronuclei."
"Kretovich was involved in a comparative study of the proteins of wheat, rye, and the first rye–wheat hybrid, bred by Academician GK Meister—the amphidiploid secalotricum."
"In some embodiments, techniques and methods useful herein may produce secalotricum in which rye cytoplasm and it is used with wheat pollen to produce triticale."

Etymology

Blend of Latin secale + triticum

Usage

Inflected Forms

secalotricums (plural)

Questions

What does secalotricum mean?: A hybrid of wheat and rye, similar to triticale but using rye as the cytoplasm donor.
Where does secalotricum come from?: Blend of Latin secale + triticum

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