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noun
- 1. the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats: British "fields of corn" Similar
- 2. something banal or sentimental: informal "the film is pure corn"
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1. chiefly dialectal : a small hard particle : grain. 2. : a small hard seed usually used in combination. peppercorn. barleycorn. 3. British : the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region (such as wheat in Britain and oats in Scotland and Ireland) also : a plant that produces corn.
Contents. CORN definition: 1. (the seeds of) plants, such as wheat, maize, oats, and barley, that can be used to produce…. Learn more.
Sep 24, 2024 · corn, (Zea mays), cereal plant of the grass family (Poaceae) and its edible grain. The domesticated crop originated in the Americas and is one of the most widely distributed of the world’s food crops. Corn is used as livestock feed, as human food, as biofuel, and as raw material in industry.
Corn definition: 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.. See examples of CORN used in a sentence.
Corn is a plant that grows long ears of kernels on tall, grass-like stalks. Many large farms grow fields of corn each year, for human or animals to eat, or to make corn-based products. Corn is an important crop in North America, since many animals raised for meat eat corn, not to mention the corn that people consume.
Corn is a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) that is widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds. The seeds, which are also known as corn, are used as food for humans and livestock and as a source of biofuel and can be processed into a wide range of useful chemicals.
Definition of corn noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
