Wheatgrass (disambiguation)
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Wheatgrass may refer to:
- WheatgrassWheatgrassWheatgrass is a food prepared from the cotyledons of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum. It is sold either as a juice or powder concentrate. Wheatgrass differs from wheat malt in that it is served freeze-dried or fresh, while wheat malt is convectively dried. Wheatgrass is also allowed to...
, grass, juice, tablet or powder of the young common wheatCommon wheatCommon wheat, Triticum aestivum, is a cultivated wheat species.-Nomenclature and taxonomy of the variety and its cultivars:-Evolution:...
plant, grown for human consumption - AgropyronAgropyronAgropyron is a genus of grasses , native to Europe and Asia. Species in the genus are commonly referred to as crested-wheat grasses...
, a genus known as crested-wheat grasses - ElymusElymusIn Greek and Roman mythology, Elymus was the mythical ancestor of the Elymians, natives of Sicily. Elymus was a Trojan, a natural son of Anchises and a brother of Eryx....
, a genus of wild rye, sometimes called wheatgrass - EremopyrumEremopyrumEremopyrum is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...
, a genus in the sub-family Pooideae, known as false wheatgrass - Pascopyrum, a genus known as wheatgrass
- Pascopyrum smithii, a species known as Western WheatgrassWestern WheatgrassPascopyrum is a monotypic genus of grass containing the sole species Pascopyrum smithii, which is known by the common name western wheatgrass. This is a sod-forming rhizomatous perennial grass which is native and common in North America. It grows in grassland and prairie in the Great Plains, where...
- Pascopyrum smithii, a species known as Western Wheatgrass
- Pseudelymus, a genus called foxtail wheatgrass
- Pseudoroegneria, a genus in the sub-family Pooideae, known as wheatgrass
- Thinopyrum, a genus in the sub-family Pooideae, known as wheatgrass
- Thinopyrum intermediumThinopyrum intermediumThinopyrum intermedium is a sod-forming perennial grass. It is part of a group of plants commonly called wheatgrass because of the similarity of their seed heads or 'ears' to common wheat...
, intermediate wheatgrass- Wild Triga, name of intermediate wheatgrass grain for human consumption
- Thinopyrum junceiforme, Russian wheatgrass
- Thinopyrum ponticum, tall wheatgrass
- Thinopyrum intermedium