/ˈɛmə/, /ˈɛmɚ/
OriginFirst used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).
- countable, uncountableAny of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
“Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the ”
Formsemmers(plural) · Emmers(plural)