arinca

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

arinca, ae, f. [Gallic],

a kind of grain , otherwise called olyra, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 81; 18, 10, 20, § 92; 22, 25, 27, § 121.— Acc. to Harduin, rye (in Dauphiné, now riguet ); acc. to others, the one-grained wheat : Triticum monococcum, Linn.