emmer

[em-er]

noun

one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.

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Origin of emmer

1905–10; < German; Middle High German emer, Old High German amari, by-form of amar(o) (> German Amelkorn “emmer”); cf. yellowhammer

Also called farro, two-grained spelt.

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British Dictionary definitions for emmer

emmer

noun

a variety of wheat, Triticum dicoccum, grown in mountainous parts of Europe as a cereal crop and for livestock food: thought to be an ancestor of many other varieties of wheat

Word Origin for emmer

C20: from German; related to Old High German amari spelt

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Word Origin and History for emmer

emmer

species of wheat, 1908, from German Emmer, variant of Amelkorn, from amel "starch," from Latin amylum (see amyl).