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escanda — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • spelt noun An ancient variety of wheat, sometimes used as a health-conscious alternative in bread and flour.

Senses

escanda is used for these senses in English:

  • einkorn wheat A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.
  • spelt A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

spelt — full definition

  1. noun An ancient variety of wheat, sometimes used as a health-conscious alternative in bread and flour.
  2. verb The past tense and past participle of "spell," chiefly in British English.

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