noun
a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
• Syn: ↑sweet corn, ↑green corn, ↑sweet corn plant, ↑Zea mays rugosa, ↑Zea saccharata
• Hypernyms: ↑corn, ↑maize, ↑Indian corn, ↑Zea mays
• Part Holonyms: ↑corn, ↑edible corn
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noun* * *
sugar corn,
= sweet corn. (Cf. ↑sweet corn)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.