noun
1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
• Syn: ↑sweet corn, ↑sugar corn, ↑sweet corn plant, ↑Zea mays rugosa, ↑Zea saccharata
• 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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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.