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

Just as appetites are growing for ancient wheat flours like spelt, Kamut, and einkorn, so too is consumer demand for naturally gluten-free flours like buckwheat, sorghum, and teff — albeit a bit more slowly.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2022

And — why not? — dessert, starting with ice cream infused with the ancient grain einkorn.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2019

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

Equally puzzling is the failure of people to domesticate flax in its wild range in western Europe and North Africa, or einkorn wheat in its wild range in the southern Balkans.

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