emmer

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An international team of researchers has identified a gene that could make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a disease that causes severe crop losses in global wheat-growing regions. gene was first discovered in wild emmer wheat, a low-yielding wheat that grows wild in Israel.

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  1. noun A Eurasian wheat (Triticum dicoccum) first cultivated by the Babylonians and now widely grown as a cereal grain and as livestock feed. Also called starch wheat, two-grained spelt.

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  • This is the area where emmer wheat was domesticated and hunter gatherer cultures settled into agricultural communities. —  UUpdates - All updates
  • An international team of researchers has identified a gene that could make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a disease that causes severe crop losses in global wheat-growing regions. gene was first discovered in wild emmer wheat, a low-yielding wheat that grows wild in Israel. —  BakeryAndSnacks RSS
  • Eventually, the wheat mellows into a state not too different from farro (made from the closely related emmer wheat) but with larger grains and a bit more of a bite. —  Serious Eats
  • Several years ago emmer began receiving attention as a stock food. —  Three Acres and Liberty
  • Farro is an old Italian wheat variety that's said to be the same as emmer or spelt, though I'm not so sure. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
 

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  1. German, from Middle High German amer, emeri, from Old High German amaro.

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  1. German emmer, a dial. form of amer: see amel-corn.
 

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/ˈɛmər/
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