emmer

American  

[em-er] / ˈɛm ər /

noun

1. 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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emmer British  

/ ˈɛmə /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of emmer

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

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

Maker of barley, grower of emmer grain, creator of festivals of the temples.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Kavilca and other ancient varieties of emmer may also have genetic resistance to wheat blast, a new disease that is decimating crops from Brazil to Bangladesh.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

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

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2022

Two of the founders had very small ranges in the wild, chickpea being confined to southeastern Turkey and emmer wheat to the Fertile Crescent itself.

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