English Explanatory Dictionary

amelcorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

amelcorn

Etymology

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”).

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