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spelt

  • noun
  • /ˈspɛlt/

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

Other meanings

  1. A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.

Word history

From Latin "spelta".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “spelt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.