TRITICUM SATIVUM, TRITICUM VULGARE
\tɹˈa͡ɪtɪkəm sˈatɪvəm], \tɹˈaɪtɪkəm sˈatɪvəm], \t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_k_ə_m s_ˈa_t_ɪ_v_ə_m]\
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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.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
