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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Poaceae — thegoatgrasses .
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Examples
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Coastal community endemics include Aegilops sharonensis, Anthemis tripolitana, Ballota philistaea, Convolvulus secundus, Ornithogalum densum, Rumex occultans, and Silene modesta.
Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests 2008
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Semi-deserts are the original habitat of several important wild ancestors of domestic crops, such as Triticum araraticum, T. urartu, Secale vavilovii, Aegilops spp. and many others.
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A wild wheat, Triticum urartu + a goatgrass, Aegilops speltoides
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Triticum turgidum + a goatgrass, Aegilops tauschii
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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A wild wheat, Triticum urartu + a goatgrass, Aegilops speltoides
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Triticum turgidum + a goatgrass, Aegilops tauschii
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Aegilops, Agropyron, Elymus, etc., came upon the pamphlet entitled "The Triticale Manifesto."
Chapter 12 1989
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Thus joined, we expanded our area to the North until we came upon another diploid relative, the poor and isolated Aegilops squarrosa.
Chapter 12 1989
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Triticum monococcum and enjoying comfort and peace in my Fertile Crescent stronghold, started good-neighborly relations with a poor relative, a diploid Aegilops of the Sitopsis
Chapter 12 1989
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Even if it could be claimed that rye has been rejected as an important cereal crop, what could then be said of the sorry situation of genera Aegilops, Agropyron, Hyanaldia, etc., which are the real victims of discrimination?
Chapter 12 1989
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