OT/OOP - Triticale (was Re: SC - Re:Breakfast at WAR)

[kat]

Ras writes:

> No. Triticale is not period. It is actually a modern contrivance.

> trit*i*ca*le (noun) [New Latin, blend of Triticum, genus of wheat, and Secale,
> genus of rye] First appeared 1952
>  : an amphidiploid hybrid between wheat and rye that has a high yield and 
> rich protein content

...and an essential part of the plot of David Gerrold's "The Trouble With Tribbles."  Except that to keep up with the [insert technobabble here] standards, they christened it "quadrotriticale."  IIRC; YMMV.

	- kat  (wow!  Only 4 digests to go!!!)


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