amelcorn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Amelkorn: compare Middle High German amel, amer (“spelt”) and Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon).
Noun[edit]
amelcorn (uncountable)
- (archaic) spelt (Triticum spelta).
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “amelcorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “amelcorn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.