emmer
[em-er]
- 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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After them built Sadoc the son of Emmer over against his house.
emmer
- 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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Word Origin
C20: from German; related to Old High German amari spelt
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Word Origin and History for emmer
n.
species of wheat, 1908, from German Emmer, variant of Amelkorn, from amel "starch," from Latin amylum (see amyl).
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