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EINKORN

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ein⋅korn

[ahyn-kawrn]
–noun
a wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, grown as a forage crop in Europe and Asia.

Origin:
1900–05; < G, equiv. to ein one + Korn grain
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ein·korn   (īn'kôrn')   
n.  A one-seeded wheat (Triticum monococcum) grown in arid regions. Native to southwest Asia, it is one of the first crops to be domesticated by Neolithic peoples.

[German, from Middle High German, from Old High German : ein, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + korn, grain; see gə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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