emmers
emmers is the plural of emmer.
Meaning of emmer
Noun
emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)
- Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
- Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by...2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Emmers
Emmers
- plural of Emmer
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Emmers
Emmers (plural Emmerses)
- A surname
Forms of emmers
| plural | Emmerses |
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Origin of emmers
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about emmers
- What does emmers mean?
- Emmers means a surname.
- What is emmers the plural of?
- Emmers is the plural of emmer.
- What part of speech is emmers?
- Emmers is a proper noun.
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