SPELT

Spelt

Spelt, also known as dinkel wheat, or hulled wheat, is an ancient species of wheat from the fifth millennium BC. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related species common wheat, in which case its botanical name is considered to be Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta. It is a hexaploid wheat, which means it has six sets of chromosomes.

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spelt

Noun

  1. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, subsp. spelta, or a separate species .

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  2. spelter

Verb

spelt

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To split; to break; to spalt.


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