amelcorn
(ˈæməlkɔːn)
Also 6 amilcorne.
[a. Ger. or Du. amelkorn, f. L. amyl-um starch + corn.]
An inferior variety of wheat, the larger spelt (Triticum vulgare dicoccum), called also French rice.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 456 This corne is called in high Douch Ammelkorne..in base Almaigne, Amelcorne, and in Latin Amyleum frumentum..it may be englished Amelcorne, or bearded wheate. 1611 Cotgr., Scourgeon, Amell-corn, or Starch-corn; a wild or degenerate Wheat. 1627 Speed Eng. Abridg. xi. §4 The fields bring forth a kinde of Rie or Amell-corne. 1762 tr. Duhamel's Husb. iv. v. 474 Amel, or starch-corn was cut on the 28th. 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex., Amel corn, French rice, from which starch is made. |