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field corn

DEFINITIONS OF: field corn

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n corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain

Types:
Zea mays indentata, dent corn
corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn, flint maize
corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
Zea mays amylacea, flour corn, soft corn, squaw corn
corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
Type of:
Indian corn, Zea mays, corn, maize
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
field crop
a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes
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