einkorn

[ ahyn-kawrn ]

noun

1. one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.

einkorn

/ ˈaɪnˌkɔːn /

noun

1. a variety of wheat, Triticum monococcum, of Greece and SW Asia, having pale red kernels, and cultivated in hilly regions as grain for horses

Word History and Origins

Origin of einkorn¹

1900–05; < German, equivalent to ein one + Korn “grain”

Word History and Origins

Origin of einkorn¹

C20: from German, literally: one kernel