spelt
spelt1 definition
spelt (spelt)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
spelt2 definition
spelt (spelt)
noun
a primitive species (Triticum spelta) of wheat with grains that do not thresh free of the chaff: now seldom cultivated
Etymology: ME < OE < LL spelta < Gmc *speltō < IE base *(s)p(h)el-, to split off > spill
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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