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Subspecies (Triticum aestivum spelta) of wheat that has lax spikes and spikelets containing two light-red kernels. Triticum dicoccon was cultivated by the ancient Babylonians and the ancient Swiss lake dwellers; it is now grown for livestock forage and used in baked goods and cereals.

spelt
a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats


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