SPELT


Meaning of SPELT in English

I. ˈspelt noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German & Middle Dutch spelte split piece of wood, Old High German spaltan to split; probably from the splitting of the husk during threshing — more at spill

: a wheat ( Triticum spelta ) that is of no commercial importance in America but is grown to some extent in Germany and Switzerland and that has lax spikes with spikelets containing two light red kernels — called also speltz ; compare emmer

II.

chiefly Britain

past of spell

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