tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 07 07:46:13 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: loSpev
> Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2013
>
> Klingon word: loSpev
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: quadrotriticale
AFAIK it's never been used in a Klingon sentence.
Quadrotriticale is a genetically engineered grain developed on Earth from a four-lobed hybrid of wheat and rye. The parent strain, triticale, was discovered in 20th-century Canada (although Chekov claimed it was actually developed in Russia). Quadrotriticale was the only Earth grain that would grow on Sherman's Planet, and was thus critical to the Federation's plan in 2267 to develop that world. A large quantity of quadrotriticale was stored on Deep Space Station K-7 for that project, but it was poisoned by a Klingon agent. The grain is greenish in color. ("The Trouble with Tribbles" [TOS], "Trials and Tribble-ations" [DS9]).
A later animated episode dealt with quintotriticale [*{vaghpev} (?)] (TAS "More Tribbles, More Troubles").
{loSpev} was later grown on some Klingon planets. (KRAD: Klingon Empire: A Burning House)
Quark owed some quadrotriticale futures, but they became worthless in 2373. ("Business As Usual" [DS9])." (STE)
FYI: There's a real-world 20th century hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale), known as triticale, that grows under rough conditions found in Canada: "Triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) is a man-made crop developed by crossing wheat (Triticum turgidum or Triticum aestivum) with rye (Secale cereale). Early attempts to cross wheat and rye produced only sterile offspring. It was not until the 1930s that techniques were available to produce fertile hybrids. Once this step was accomplished, it was possible to develop new combinations between wheat and rye as well as direct combinations between triticales with differing wheat and rye parents. Consequently, new varieties of winter or spring triticale can be developed with the same methods used for breeding other cereal crops. In 1953, the University of Manitoba began the first North American triticale breeding program. Early breeding efforts concentrated on developing a high yielding, drought tolerant human food crop species suitable for marginal wheat producing areas. In contrast, more recent programs concentrate on developing improved animal feed and fodder varieties for production under a number of diverse environmental conditions." (Entire article can be found at http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex127?opendocument ; cf. the WikiPedia article "Triticale" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrotriticale )
Related words:
tIr grain (n)
naH fruit/vegetables (n)
tI vegetation (n)
tIr ngogh bread (n)
jInjoq a type of bread (n)
poch plant (v)
yob harvest (v)
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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