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Definition: AMELCORN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Amelcorn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Amelcorn \Am"el*corn`\, noun. [Ger. amelkorn: compare to MHG. amel, amer, spelt, and Latin amylum starch, Greek]. (references)

Definition: AMELCORN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "AMELCORN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Amelcorn \Am"el*corn`\, noun. [Ger. amelkorn: compare to MHG. amel, amer, spelt, and Latin amylum starch, Greek]. (references)