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Spelt
Spelt (Triticum spelta; Triticum dicoccum), also known as dinkel wheat or hulled wheat, is a species of wheat cultivated since approximately 5000 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 also found a new market as a ‘health food’. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related species common wheat (Triticum aestivum), 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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Spelled (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of spell
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Spelt (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of spell
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Spelt (verb)
To split; to break; to spalt.
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Spelt (noun)
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
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Spelt (noun)
A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
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Spelt (noun)
spelter
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Spelt (noun)
an old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favoured as a health food.