Emmer
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. countable, uncountable
"Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro."
- 2 hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed wordnet
- 1 A surname
Example
More examples"Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro."
Etymology
First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).
* As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).
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