ˈpilcorn
[For pildcorn, f. pilled ppl. a. 1 b + corn.]
A variety of the cultivated Oat, considered by Linnæus a species (Avena nuda), in which the glumes or husks do not adhere to the grain, but leave it bare. Also called pilled oats, † pillotes.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. xiii. 467 There is an other kinde of Otes, whiche is not so inclosed in his huskes as y⊇ other is, but is bare, and without huske whan it is threshed... The seconde kinde may be called in Englishe, Pilcorne, or pylde Otes. c 1640 J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 155 And had also Drage, pilcorne, mixtilion, brotcorne..words I professe, not well to vnderstand. 1832 Veg. Subst. Food iii. 71 The Avena sativa..has several varieties. The most remarkable..are the black or long-bearded oat..and the naked oat, or pilcorn. 1866 Treas. Bot., Pillcorn, or Pilcorn. |