einkorn

American  

[ahyn-kawrn] / ˈaɪn kɔrn /

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.

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einkorn British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of einkorn

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

Example Sentences

The researchers used five flours that included gluten: unbleached all-purpose flour, red turkey wheat, emmer, rye and einkorn; and five gluten-free flours: teff, millet, sorghum, buckwheat and amaranth.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

Flours made of rye, spelt, einkorn, emmer — the possibilities are endless.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2022

A risotto-like dish used einkorn, an ancient wheat grain, instead of rice, to add some crunchiness, and sauces were thickened so droplets were less likely to float away.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2021

The Iceman’s last meal was balanced with grains from einkorn wheat and traces of a genus of toxic ferns called bracken.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 12, 2018

Those eight founders were the cereals emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, and barley; the pulses lentil, pea, chickpea, and bitter vetch; and the fiber crop flax.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond