English > field corn: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain. |
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| Narrower | dent corn, Zea mays indentata | Corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity |
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| flint corn, flint maize, Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata | Corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm |
| soft corn, flour corn, squaw corn, Zea mays amylacea | Corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch |
| Broader | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
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| field crop | A crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes |
| Spanish | campo de maíz |
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| Catalan | camp de blat de moro |
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