Aegilops.
Heard this one before?
"a genus of grasses sometimes used to include the presumed wild ancestors of domestic wheat which are now usually placed in the genus Triticum"
and more........ "any grass of the southern European genus Aegilops, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern varieties of domestic wheat"
Also, another definition:
"an abscess or ulcer of the inner canthus of the eye, especially when involving a lacrimal duct or the lacrimal sac"
Why in the world am I wasting a MattChat blog post on the word "aegilops"?
Cause the word is tied to a really cool tidbit of trivia........
Aegilops, an eight-letter-long word, is the longest English word whose letters are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the Guinness World Records.
Now you can't say that you didn't learn something today. (ooooooh, a double-negative)
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
Heard this one before?
"a genus of grasses sometimes used to include the presumed wild ancestors of domestic wheat which are now usually placed in the genus Triticum"
and more........ "any grass of the southern European genus Aegilops, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern varieties of domestic wheat"
Also, another definition:
"an abscess or ulcer of the inner canthus of the eye, especially when involving a lacrimal duct or the lacrimal sac"
Why in the world am I wasting a MattChat blog post on the word "aegilops"?
Cause the word is tied to a really cool tidbit of trivia........
Aegilops, an eight-letter-long word, is the longest English word whose letters are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the Guinness World Records.
Now you can't say that you didn't learn something today. (ooooooh, a double-negative)
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt