Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of wheat (Triticum monococcum syn. T. monococcum subsp. monococcum) typically having one grain per spikelet, grown in semiarid regions. It was domesticated by Neolithic peoples in the Near East and is now cultivated in Europe and southwest Asia.
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- noun A form of
wheat , Triticum monococcum, having a singlegrain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most primitive cultivated wheat is a grass called "einkorn" (Triticum monococcum).
5 Breeding Triticale 1989
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Sweden, such as einkorn wheat and sea lettuce - are collected in a visually arresting new cookbook,
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2010
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Sweden, such as einkorn wheat and sea lettuce - are collected in a visually arresting new cookbook,
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2010
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The term farro is broadly used for wheat family members that have a nutty flavor and stout build, including emmer, spelt and einkorn.
Get Your Freekeh On Kristen Miglore 2012
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According to farro.com, Farro and its cousins emmer and einkorn are know as 'hulled wheats'.
Archive 2009-03-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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As mentioned above einkorn T. monococcum is the least cultivated form of farro in Italy.
Archive 2009-03-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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What they basically are saying is that all three of those grain varieties, emmer, spelt and einkorn can be called farro.
FARRO MINESTRONE WITH WINTER SQUASH AND GREENS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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What they basically are saying is that all three of those grain varieties, emmer, spelt and einkorn can be called farro.
Archive 2009-03-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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According to farro.com, Farro and its cousins emmer and einkorn are know as 'hulled wheats'.
FARRO MINESTRONE WITH WINTER SQUASH AND GREENS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
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As mentioned above einkorn T. monococcum is the least cultivated form of farro in Italy.
FARRO MINESTRONE WITH WINTER SQUASH AND GREENS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word einkorn
Wheat.
January 17, 2011
chained_bear commented on the word einkorn
Usage/historical note on emmer.
January 6, 2017