Definition of emmer
: an ancient tetraploid wheat (Triticum dicoccum) that has spikelets with two hard red kernels which remain in the glumes after threshing and that has been cultivated especially in southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and Europe
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Origin and Etymology of emmer
German, from Old High German amari
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