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Khorasan wheat en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) An ancient tetraploid species or subspecies of wheat (Triticum turanicum), historically cultivated in Central Asia.
    • Khorasan wheat is another ancient wheat that probably evolved as a hybrid of other grasses. Its exact origins are unknown, but appear to be in the Middle East. Unlike other ancient wheats, however, the grain is not enclosed in a hull. 2015, Emma Borghesi, The Beans & Grains Bible, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Synonyms

oriental wheat

Translations (7)

cmn 東方小麥 /东方小麦 (ancient kind of wheat) · sv kamutvete (ancient kind of wheat) · de Khorasan-Weizen (ancient kind of wheat) · ca blat del cor (ancient kind of wheat) · de Kamut (ancient kind of wheat) · bg корасан (ancient kind of wheat) · fr blé khorasan (ancient kind of wheat)