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Noun

Also called Indian corn ; especially technical and British , maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
the grain, seeds, or kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder.
the ears of this plant.
the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland.
the plants themselves.
sweet corn.
corn whiskey.
Skiing . corn snow.
Informal . old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a joke, a story, or music.

Verb (used with object)

to preserve and season with salt in grains.
to preserve and season with brine.
to granulate, as gunpowder.
to plant (land) with corn.
to feed with corn.

Synonyms

noun
callosity , chiropody , clavus , cob , ear , grain , indian , indian corn , kernel , maize , mealie , mealy , nubbin , papilloma , samp

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