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SPELT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed

Synonyms:

spelt; Triticum aestivum spelta; Triticum spelta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spelt" is a kind of...):

wheat (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irregular form of the past simple and past participle of the verb spell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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