emmer

[em-er] /ˈɛm ər/
noun
1.
a wheat, Triticum turgidum dicoccon, having a two-grained spikelet, grown as a forage crop in Europe, Asia, and the western U.S.
Also called two-grained spelt.
Origin
1905-10; < German; Middle High German emer, Old High German amari, by-form of amar(o) (> German Amelkorn emmer); cf. yellowhammer
Examples from the web for emmer
  • The discovered grains are mostly six-rowed barley and emmer wheat.
  • In terms of crops, they grew einkorn and emmer wheat, both ancient wheat varieties.
  • Herbicide response polymorphisms in wild emmer wheat: ecological and isozyme correlations.
  • emmer said the department is unable to recover all of the costs involved in monitoring offenders.
British Dictionary definitions for emmer

emmer

/ˈɛmə/
noun
1.
a variety of wheat, Triticum dicoccum, grown in mountainous parts of Europe as a cereal crop and for livestock food: thought to be an ancestor of many other varieties of wheat
Word Origin
C20: from German; related to Old High German amari spelt
Word Origin and History for emmer
n.

species of wheat, 1908, from German Emmer, variant of Amelkorn, from amel "starch," from Latin amylum (see amyl).