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Triticum (trit-i-kum). L. name for wheat; from " tri- 

 tus " (ground to flour). Group name used by some 

 botanists instead of Agropyrum for Couch Grass. 



Trivial. The " trivial " name of a plant is its second 

 bot. name, and is given by way of distinguishing 

 it from the plants belonging to the same group. 

 The same " trivial " name may be and is given to 

 many different plants, provided in each case the 

 plant so named belongs to a different group; but 

 in no case can the same " trivial " name be given 

 to two different plants in the same group. 



Trivialis (triv-i-al-is). L. adj., " trivial or common." 

 Second bot. name. 



Trollius (trol-li-us). Old German. " Troll " (a globe) ; 

 from the shape of the flower being globe-like. Bot. 

 name of a group. 



Truncata (trung-ka-ta). L. adj., " shortened," as if 

 the ends had been cut off ; refers to the look of the 

 leaves. Second bot. name. 



Tuberculatus (tu-ber-ku-la-tus). L. adj., "covered 

 with small knobby lumps." Second bot. name. 



Tuberosus (tu-ber-o-sus). L. adj., " full of tubers." A 

 common second bot. name applied to many different 

 plants. 



Tulipa (tu-li-pa). A corruption of the Persian word 

 " tolibum " (turban); because of a fancied re- 

 semblance in the shape of the flower to a turban. 

 Bot. name of Tulip group. 



Tunbridgense (tun-brij-en-se). " Tunbridge " in Latin 

 dress. Second bot. name. 



Tunica (tu-nik-a). L. for " under-garment " ; applied 

 to the skin of a seed or coat of a bulb. 



Turnip. A compound word of " tur " (round) and 



