amelcorn

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Amelkorn: compare Middle High German amel, amer (“spelt”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin amylum (“starch”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Noun

amelcorn (uncountable)

1. A variety of wheat from which starch is produced (Triticum spelta).

Synonyms

• French rice

References

• “amelcorn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “amelcorn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• cornmeal