See emmer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "gandom-e dodâne",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"word": "گندم دودانه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pszenica płaskurka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "płaskurka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "émmer",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "э́ммер"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pšeníca dvuzernjánka",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пшени́ца двузерня́нка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trigo almidonero"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"word": "gernik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
"word": "kavılca"
}
],
"word": "emmer"
}
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