wild emmer
noun
variants:
or wild emmer wheat
Definition of wild emmer
: an ancient tetraploid wheat (Triticum dicoccoides) of the Middle East that has a brittle rachis with the joints separating at maturity into spikelets bearing stiff awned glumes holding large elongated grains
Note: Wild emmer is considered to be an ancestor of modern cultivated polyploid wheats (such as Triticum aestivum and T. durum) and the wild counterpart of emmer.
— called also wild wheat