Triticum (trit'ik-um). i

Wheat; a genus of gramineous herbs of the Hordeae. 2. Of the U. S. Ph., the rhizome of Agrapyron repens. T. repens. Couch-gra ; its rhizome is the official triticum. It is used in cystitis and irritable bladder and as a diluent. It contains acid malates, sugar, triticin, and another gummy substance containing nitrogen. T. sativum, T. vulgare. Common wheat. Its seeds, ground and sifted, constitute flour. Wheat flour chiefly contains starch, gluten, albumin, sugar, and a gummy substance which differs from ordinary gum in containing nitrogen and in not yielding mucic acid when treated with nitric acid. Flour is sometimes sprinkled on inflamed surfaces. [Lat., from ierere, to rub.]