corn

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corn /k'ɔːrn/ (corns)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants. (BRIT; in AM, use grain)
...fields of corn...
He filled the barn to the roof with corn.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Corn is the same as maize.
...rows of corn in an Iowa field.
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Corns are small, painful areas of hard skin which can form on your foot, especially near your toes.
4
see also popcorn, sweetcorncorn cob (corn cobs)
also corncob
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Corn cobs are the long rounded parts of the maize or corn plant on which small yellow seeds grow, and which is eaten as a vegetable.corn ex|change (corn exchanges)
also Corn Exchange
[N-COUNT]
A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold. (BRIT)corn on the cob (corn on the cobs)
also corn-on-the-cob
[N-VAR]
Corn on the cob is the long rounded part of the maize or corn plant on which small yellow seeds grow, and which is eaten as a vegetable.seed corn
[N-UNCOUNT]
Seed corn is money that businesses spend at the beginning of a project in the hope that it will eventually produce profits. (mainly BRIT BUSINESS)
The scheme offers seed corn finance with loans at only 4% interest.

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