EMMER

emmer, starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum

(noun) hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)

A species of wheat, Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]

Synonym: farro

Coordinate terms: spelt, einkorn wheat

Hypernym: hulled wheat

Synonyms

• (species of wheat): Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon

Anagrams

• memer

Source: Wiktionary



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