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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMELCORN

Am "el *corn `, n. Etym: [Ger. amelkorn: cf. MHG. amel, amer, spelt, and L. amylum starch, Gr.

 

Defn: A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.