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/ˈɛmə/ · noun
Any 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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro.
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Emmer means Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains..
Common synonyms include far, farro, starch wheat, triticum dicoccum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro.
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