[ 'ʌɪnkɔ:n ]
■ noun an old kind of wheat with small bearded ears and spikelets that each contain one slender grain, now rarely grown. [ Triticum monococcum .]
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Ger., from ein 'one' + Korn 'seed'.
[ 'ʌɪnkɔ:n ]
■ noun an old kind of wheat with small bearded ears and spikelets that each contain one slender grain, now rarely grown. [ Triticum monococcum .]
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Ger., from ein 'one' + Korn 'seed'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004