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popcorn

DEFINITIONS OF: popcorn

1

n corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat

Synonyms:
Zea mays everta
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

n small kernels of corn exploded by heat

Type of:
corn, edible corn
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
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