| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | sp lt |
| NOUN: | A hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin spelta, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch spelte, wheat.
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