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amelcorn|ˈæməlkɔːn|
Also 6 amilcorne.
[a. Ger. or Du. amelkorn, f. L. amyl-um starch + corn.]
An inferior variety of wheat, the larger spelt (Triticum vulgare dicoccum), called also French rice.
1578Lyte Dodoens 456 This corne is called in high Douch Ammelkorne..in base Almaigne, Amelcorne, and in Latin Amyleum frumentum..it may be englished Amelcorne, or bearded wheate. 1611Cotgr., Scourgeon, Amell-corn, or Starch-corn; a wild or degenerate Wheat. 1627Speed Eng. Abridg. xi. §4 The fields bring forth a kinde of Rie or Amell-corne. 1762tr. Duhamel's Husb. iv. v. 474 Amel, or starch-corn was cut on the 28th. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex., Amel corn, French rice, from which starch is made. |