amelcorn

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amelcorn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Amelcorn \Am"el*corn`\, n. [Ger. amelkorn: cf. MHG. amel, amer,
     spelt, and L. amylum starch, Gr. ?.]
     A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called
     also French rice.
     [1913 Webster]