English Explanatory Dictionary

einkorn wheat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.

Word forms

einkorn wheat einkorn wheats einkorn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einkorn (literally “single grain”).

Synonyms

little spelt
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