noun
mass noun
1- an old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favoured as a health food斯佩耳特小麦。比较EINKORN, EMMER.
1.1
- Triticum spelta, family Gramineae.拉丁名Triticum spelta, 禾本科。
词源
late Old English, from Old Saxon spelta. The word was rare until the 16th cent., when it was readopted from Middle Dutch.