field corn

/fild kɔrn/

Definitions of field corn

1. noun

   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