Definition of einkorn
: an ancient wheat (Triticum monococcum) having one-grained spikelets and grown especially formerly in poor soils in central and southern Europe and southwest Asia
also
: the grain of einkorn
Note: The grain of einkorn is also called farro.
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The first known use of einkorn was in 1846
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