amelcorn

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amelcorn

(ˈæməlˌkɔːn)
n
a variety of wheat used to produce starch. Also called: French rice
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Amelcorn (Triticum dicoccon (Schrank) Schubl.), apart from being called nutritive ("abondantemente nutrisce"), is also praised for its positive (but not further specified) effects on the stomach (book II, chap.
Back to the roots: a quantitative survey of herbal drugs in Dioscorides' De Materia Medica (ex Matthioli, 1568)

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