EMMER


Meaning of EMMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-mər ]

noun

Etymology: German, from Old High German amari

Date: circa 1900

: an ancient tetraploid wheat ( Triticum dicoccum ) that has spikelets with two hard red kernels which remain in the glumes after threshing and that has been cultivated especially in southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and Europe

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