Definition of Edible corn

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

Exact synonyms: Corn
Specialized synonyms: Green Corn, Sweet Corn, Hominy, Popcorn
Generic synonyms: Cereal, Food Grain, Grain
Group relationships: Corn, Indian Corn, Maize, Zea Mays
Terms within: Green Corn, Sugar Corn, Sweet Corn, Sweet Corn Plant, Zea Mays Rugosa, Zea Saccharata

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edible Corn

edgings
edgrow
edgrowth
edgy
edh
edhs
edibilities
edibility
edible
edible-pod pea
edible-podded pea
edible asparagus
edible banana
edible bean
edible cockle
edible corn (current term)
edible dormice
edible dormouse
edible fat
edible frog
edible fruit
edible mussel
edible nut
edible sea urchin
edible seed
edible snail
edibleness
ediblenesses
edibles
edict

Literary usage of Edible corn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Early maturing varieties, like Cory, give edible corn in about sixty days when thus treated. Corn may be forced in the same house with tomatoes, eggplant, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Early maturing varieties, like Cory, give edible Corn in about 60 days when thus treated. Corn may be forced in the same house with tomatoes, egg-plant, ..."

3. Pellagra by Armand Marie (1910)
"If a toxic substance could be directly drawn from edible corn without mixture with putrid substances in the strict sense of the word—then the features of ..."

4. A Treatise on Pellagra: For the General Practitioner by Edward Jenner Wood (1912)
"If a toxic substance could be directly drawn from edible corn without mixture with putrid substances in the strict sense of the word — then the features of ..."

5. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1912)
"Wheat, rye, oats, barley and buckwheat; dried peas and beans, edible. Corn, sweet corn or maize (except into Canada for distillation). ..."

6. American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica by William Harrison De Puy (1891)
"... containing about 40 known species, chiefly trees and shrubs, of the northern temperate regions. The fruits of some are edible. CORN APHIS (Aphis ..."

7. War Time Control of Distribution of Foods: A Short History of the by Albert Newton Merritt (1920)
"... Flour and Meals edible corn Starch Rice Hominy Rice Flour Corn Grits Oat Meal Barley Flour Rolled Oats Potato Flour Buckwheat Flour Sweet Potato Flour ..."

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