English > edible corn: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. |
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| Synonym | corn |
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| Part of | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
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| Parts | sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata | A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating |
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| Narrower | hominy | hulled corn with the bran and germ removed |
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| popcorn | small kernels of corn exploded by heat |
| sweet corn, green corn | Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young / young and soft |
| Broader | grain, food grain, cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
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| Spanish | maíz |
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| Catalan | blat de moro, blat |
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