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twograined spelt

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em⋅mer

[em-er]
–noun
a wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, grown as a forage crop in Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
Also called two-grained spelt.


Origin:
1905–10; < G; MHG emer, OHG amari, by-form of amar(o) (> G Amelkorn emmer); cf. yellowhammer
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emmer 
species of wheat, 1908, from Ger. emmer, from O.H.G. amer.
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