green corn

noun

1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating

• Hypernyms: ↑corn, ↑maize, ↑Indian corn, ↑Zea mays

• Part Holonyms: ↑corn, ↑edible corn

2. corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft

• Syn: ↑sweet corn

• Hypernyms: ↑corn, ↑edible corn

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noun

: the young tender ears of Indian corn suitable for cooking as a vegetable — compare sweet corn

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green corn same as ↑sweetcorn (see under ↑sweet).

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Main Entry: ↑green

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green corn,

Indian corn, especially the ears in the tender, milky stage; sweet corn; roasting ears. It is eaten as a vegetable.

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n. the tender ears of young sweet corn, suitable for cooking and eating

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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