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emmer
em·mer [ émmər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
wheat used as fodder: a wheat with awns and two grains in each spikelet, cultivated since ancient times. Use: fodder. Native to: Europe, Asia.  Latin name Triticum dicoccum.
[Early 20th century. < German]
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