einkorn wheat

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einkorn (single grain).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Einkorn

Gloss

single grain

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