NOUN | plant | 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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food | sweet corn, green corn | corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young / young and soft |
Meaning | A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating. | |
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Synonyms | sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata | |
Part of | corn, edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
Broader | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
Meaning | Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young / young and soft. | |
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Synonym | green corn | |
Broader | corn, edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
Spanish | maíz dulce | |
Catalan | blat de l'Índia, blat de moro dolç, blat de moro, moresc, panís |
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