triticum spelta
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Noun (1)
- hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feedSynonyms: speltTriticum aestivum speltaType of wheat
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“triticum spelta” is listed under Spelt.
Spelt noun
Origin: AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.
Botany A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; — called also German wheat.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54