spelt2

 
Pronunciation: /spɛlt/

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