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spelt 1  (splt)
n.
A hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch spelte, wheat.]
spelt 2  (splt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of spell1.
spelt1
vb
a past tense and past participle of spell1
spelt2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats
[Old English; related to Old Saxon spelta, Old High German spelza]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.speltspelt - hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta
wheat - annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
Translations
spelt2 [spelt] N (Bot) → espelta f
spelt1
n (Bot) → Spelz(weizen) m, → Dinkel m
spelt spell


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