Definition of "triticale" [triticale]

• A hardy hybrid of wheat and rye having a high yield. (noun)
• The grains of this hybrid. (noun)

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• "Over the last five years, the triticale has been the highest or second highest yielder out of the 50 wheat varieties tested."
• "Farm manager Dudley McHenry explains that the animals eat a mixture of corn silage, clover, alfalfa, corn, soybeans and a grass called triticale."
• "A gluten-free diet excludes all forms of wheat (including wheat germ, wheat bran, enriched flour, farina and semolina), barley, rye and a grain called triticale (a cross between wheat and rye)."