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amelcorn

amelcorn noun: any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).

Noun

amelcorn (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).

Origin of amelcorn

From either German Amelkorn or Dutch amelcoren, amelkoren, respectively from German Ammel (from Middle High German amel, amer) and Dutch amel, variants of German Emmer and Dutch emer (“emmer”), + respectively German Korn and Dutch koren (“corn”).

Questions about amelcorn

What does amelcorn mean?
Amelcorn means any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).
What part of speech is amelcorn?
Amelcorn is a noun.

Words near amelcorn in the dictionary

  1. amelanism
  2. amelanistic
  3. amelanoses
  4. amelanosis
  5. amelanotic
  6. amelcorn
  7. Amele
  8. ameled
  9. ameletid
  10. ameli
  11. amelia

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