emmer
pronunciation
How to pronounce emmer in British English:
UK ['emə]
How to pronounce emmer in American English:
US ['emə]
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- Noun:
- hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed
Word Origin
- emmer (n.)
- species of wheat, 1908, from German Emmer, variant of Amelkorn, from amel "starch," from Latin amylum (see amyl).
Example
- 1. Through the storm , by carol emmer in for the love of cross stitch .
- 2. Abruptly , soon after 11000 years ago , they began to cultivate rye and chickpeas , then einkorn and emmer , two ancestors of wheat , and later barley .
- 3. Prehistoric people would have gazed upon herds of gazelle and other wild animals ; gently flowing rivers which attracted migrating geese and ducks ; fruit and nut trees ; and rippling fields of wild barley and wild wheat varieties such as emmer and einkorn .