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