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单词 field corn
释义

field corn

noun

: corn (such as dent corn or flint corn) with starchy kernels that are used especially as livestock feed or processed into food products (such as cornmeal, corn oil, and corn syrup) or ethanol

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web When just picked, sweet corn has at least twice the sugar content of field corn. Bee Wilson, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 One of the studies analyzed field corn, lettuce and tomatoes grown in soil fertilized with MWRD sludge. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022 The rest is mostly field corn, which is used to make biofuels, animal feed and food additives. Deepak Ray, The Conversation, 13 May 2022 Some farmers were forced to wait until early June to begin planting their field corn, two months later than normal. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021 While seed corn makes up less than one percent of the corn grown in the U.S. by acreage, commercial field corn exports rely on these hybrid seeds, making detasseling an essential part of the $75 billion industry. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021 The corn source depends on the type, with Iowa bringing in nearly 2.3 billion bushels of field corn, followed by Illinois with about 2.1 billion and Nebraska with almost 1.8 billion. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2021 Most of the corn in the United States is field corn—around 99 percent—but only seed corn is detasseled. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021 Kevin Costner introduced it, chirping crickets contributed to the soundtrack and the Sox nearly blew the game in the ninth inning before winning on Tim Anderson’s walk-off home run into the right-field corn. Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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