triticum spelta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Triticum spelta
    n 1: hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn:
         {spelt}, {Triticum spelta}, {Triticum aestivum spelta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spelt \Spelt\, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.)
   A species of grain ({Triticum Spelta}) much cultivated for
   food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also {German
   wheat}.
   [1913 Webster]