hulled wheat

English

Hulled wheat (Triticum monococcum) in Dresden, Germany.

Noun

hulled wheat (countable and uncountable, plural hulled wheats)

Any of certain species of wheat that need to be processed after threshing to remove the inedible glumes or hulls from the heads.
1. einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum)
2. emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
3. spelt (Triticum spelta)
4. farro, any of the above

Antonyms

(wheat that needs post-threshing processing): free-threshing wheat

References

hulled wheat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Wheat#Hulled_versus_free-threshing_wheat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Wheat taxonomy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Triticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Triticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Triticum at The Plant List

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