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.
Spelled (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of spell
Spelt (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of spell
Spelt (verb)
To split; to break; to spalt.
Spelt (noun)
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
Spelt (noun)
A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
Spelt (noun)
spelter
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.