"einkorn wheat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: einkorn wheats [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Einkorn (literally “single grain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Einkorn|lit=single grain}} German Einkorn (literally “single grain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} einkorn wheat (countable and uncountable, plural einkorn wheats)
  1. A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grains, Hordeeae tribe grasses Synonyms: little spelt, einkorn Translations (wheat type): ζειά (zeiá) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), τίφη (típhē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), espelta petita [feminine] (Catalan), eenkoorn [neuter] (Dutch), yksijyvävehnä (Finnish), engrain [masculine] (French), petit épeautre [masculine] (French), engrain sauvage [masculine] (French), Einkorn [neuter] (German), Blicken (German), kleiner Spelz [masculine] (German), farro piccolo [masculine] (Italian), farricello [masculine] (Italian), pszenica samopsza [feminine] (Polish), escanda [feminine] (Spanish), escaña cultivada [feminine] (Spanish), escaña silvestre (note: wild form) [feminine] (Spanish)

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