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Pronunciation: /spɛlt/

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Definition of spelt

noun

[mass 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. Compare with einkorn, emmer.
    • Triticum spelta, family Gramineae

Origin:

late Old English, from Old Saxon spelta. The word was rare until the 16th century, when it was readopted from Middle Dutch

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