Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of wheat (Triticum monococcum syn. T. monococcum subsp. monococcum) typically having one grain per spikelet, grown in semiarid regions. It was domesticated by Neolithic peoples in the Near East and is now cultivated in Europe and southwest Asia.
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- noun A form of
wheat , Triticum monococcum, having a singlegrain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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The most primitive cultivated wheat is a grass called "einkorn" (Triticum monococcum).
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Sweden, such as einkorn wheat and sea lettuce - are collected in a visually arresting new cookbook,
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Sweden, such as einkorn wheat and sea lettuce - are collected in a visually arresting new cookbook,
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The term farro is broadly used for wheat family members that have a nutty flavor and stout build, including emmer, spelt and einkorn.
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According to farro.com, Farro and its cousins emmer and einkorn are know as 'hulled wheats'.
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As mentioned above einkorn T. monococcum is the least cultivated form of farro in Italy.
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What they basically are saying is that all three of those grain varieties, emmer, spelt and einkorn can be called farro.
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What they basically are saying is that all three of those grain varieties, emmer, spelt and einkorn can be called farro.
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According to farro.com, Farro and its cousins emmer and einkorn are know as 'hulled wheats'.
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As mentioned above einkorn T. monococcum is the least cultivated form of farro in Italy.
ruzuzu commented on the word einkorn
Wheat.
January 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word einkorn
Usage/historical note on emmer.
January 6, 2017