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A one-grained wheat that has a short flat spike like barley and is said to be the most primitive wheat.

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  • The most primitive cultivated wheat is a grass called "einkorn" (Triticum monococcum).
  • Sweden, such as einkorn wheat and sea lettuce - are collected in a visually arresting new cookbook,
  • Cultivated einkorns proved closely related to one another and to weedy einkorn.
  • As mentioned above einkorn T. monococcum is the least cultivated form of farro in Italy.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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