SPELT


Meaning of SPELT in English

n.

Subspecies ( Triticum aestivum spelta ) of wheat that has lax spikes and spikelets containing two light-red kernels.

Triticum dicoccon was cultivated by the ancient Babylonians and the ancient Swiss lakedwellers; it is now grown for livestock forage and used in baked goods and cereals.

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