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amelcorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
amel-corn
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From either German Amelkorn or Dutch amelcoren, amelkoren, respectively from German Ammel (from Middle High German amel, amer) and Dutch amel, variants of German Emmer and Dutch emer (“emmer”), + respectively German Korn and Dutch koren (“corn”).

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What does amelcorn mean?
Any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum).
Where does amelcorn come from?
It is traced to German.

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