amelcorn
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.