einkorn

[ ahyn-kawrn ]

noun

1. one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.

einkorn

/ ˈaɪnˌkɔːn /

noun

1. a variety of wheat, Triticum monococcum, of Greece and SW Asia, having pale red kernels, and cultivated in hilly regions as grain for horses

Word History and Origins

Origin of einkorn¹

1900–05; < German, equivalent to ein one + Korn “grain”

Word History and Origins

Origin of einkorn¹

C20: from German, literally: one kernel

Example Sentences

Opposing the powers that be are Martha Einkorn, personal assistant to Fantail’s CEO, and Lai Zhen, an online personality known for her survival videos.

From Seattle Times

The researchers used five flours that included gluten: unbleached all-purpose flour, red turkey wheat, emmer, rye and einkorn; and five gluten-free flours: teff, millet, sorghum, buckwheat and amaranth.

From Science Daily

By about 1,000 years later, all of the Neolithic "founder crops" -- emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, rye, peas, lentils, bitter vetch, chickpeas and flax -- were being cultivated in what is now called the Fertile Crescent.

From Science Daily

A shot of basil-infused watermelon trailed by a smoked oyster on a lick of gazpacho, a stamp of einkorn focaccia striped with sungold tomato butter and a tiny tart piped with Appalachian cheese have everyone swooning and wondering what’s next.

From Washington Post

Many people with nonceliac wheat sensitivity — they can’t tolerate gluten or other components in wheat, but celiac disease and wheat allergy have been ruled out — find they can eat einkorn wheat, an old form of wheat that has a simpler genetic makeup.

From Seattle Times