einkorn wheat

See also: Einkorn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einkorn (literally “single grain”).

Noun

einkorn wheat (countable and uncountable, plural einkorn wheats)

One of two species of wheat, each having a single grain.
1. Triticum boeoticum (syn. Triticum monococcum subsp. boeoticum) A wild wheat, perhaps the first domesticated grain.
2. Triticum monococcum (syn. Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum) The fully domesticated descendant of this wild wheat.
  Synonym: little spelt

Hyponyms

(species of wheat): hulled wheat

Coordinate terms

(species of wheat): emmer, spelt (faro)

Translations

wild einkorn

French: engrain sauvage m

Spanish: escaña silvestre f

domesticated einkorn

Catalan: espelta petita f
Dutch: eenkoorn n
French: engrain (fr) m, petit épeautre (fr) m

German: Einkorn (de) n, Blicken (de), kleiner Spelz m
Italian: farro piccolo m, farricello m
Spanish: escaña cultivada f

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