Sunday 23 October 2011

Corn

CORN

—noun

1. ( Brit )
a. any of various cereal plants, especially the predominant crop of a region, such as wheat in England and oats in Scotland and Ireland
b. the seeds of such plants, especially after harvesting
c. a single seed of such plants; a grain
2. Also called: Indian corn , British equivalent: maize
a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
b. sweet corn - the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil
3. a. the plants producing these kinds of grain considered as a growing crop
b. ( in combination ): a cornfield
4. short for corn whisky
5. slang an idea, song, etc, regarded as banal or sentimental
6. archaic , dialect or any hard particle or grain
—verb
7. to feed (animals) with corn, especially oats
8. a. to preserve in brine
b. to salt
9. to plant corn on

—noun

1. a hardening or thickening of the skin around a central point in the foot, caused by pressure or friction




Corn for the needy
Who bend to the earth
Corns on their feet.

1 comment:

DataGoddess said...

That's not corn in the picture, that's wheat!

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's the difference between UK English and US English. But still, that's wheat, not corn!

The fact that Indiana is the second largest US state in corn production might have something to do with my insistence that those are not corn plants... ;-)