einkorn wheat

Noun

Meaning

einkorn wheat (countable and uncountable, plural einkorn wheats)

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.
Synonym: little spelt
Coordinate terms: emmer, spelt, farro
Hypernym: hulled wheat

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

durum wheat

Examples

Einkorn wheat is harvested in the late summer, and sloes in the autumn; these must have been stored from the previous year. Source: Internet

Einkorn wheat was one of the first plants to be domesticated and cultivated. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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