emmer
Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are…Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
Emmer, Zweikorn
э́ммерémmer, пшени́ца двузерня́нкаpšeníca dvuzernjánka
- hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
Translations
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Origin
First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synFirst used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).
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Forms
plural: emmersSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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