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Definition of Corn

1. Noun. Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.

2. Verb. Feed (cattle) with corn.

3. Noun. The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.

4. Verb. Preserve with salt. "Corned beef"

5. Noun. Ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food.

6. Noun. A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.

7. Noun. (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland).

8. Noun. Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn.

9. Noun. Something sentimental or trite. "That movie was pure corn"

Definition of Corn

1. n. A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

2. n. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

3. v. t. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

Definition of Corn

1. to preserve with salt [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Corn

1. A species of tall cereal grass, zea mays, grown for its seed and used as food and animal fodder. It is also called maise or indian corn. It is a plant of the genus zea of the family gramineae (poaceae), originating in the americas. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn

cormidia cormidium cormlike cormoid cormophyta cormophyte cormorant cormorants cormose cormous

cormous plant corms cormus cormuses corn (current term) corn (current term) corn-fed Cornaceae cornacre cornacres

cornage cornages cornball cornballs cornbraid cornbraided cornbraiding cornbraids cornbread cornbreads

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