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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain, sown together as one crop. obsolete

   "Even in other parts of the country mangcorn, and rye, not pure wheat, were the chief products."

Example

More examples

"Even in other parts of the country mangcorn, and rye, not pure wheat, were the chief products."

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English menġan (“to mix”). See mingle, and corn.

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