sweet corn

noun

any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. the young and tender ears of corn, especially when used as a table vegetable.

Also called green corn.

Origin of sweet corn

An Americanism dating back to 1640–50

Words nearby sweet corn

sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider, sweet clover, sweet corn, sweet dreams, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, sweeten the kitty

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Example sentences from the Web for sweet corn

One morning the boy Frank came in with a basket of sweet-corn on his arm, and a bad scowl on his countenance.
Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880|Various
About this bunch he sunk traps in the ground, and threw hay-seed over them, and placed nice ears of sweet-corn beside them.
Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880|Various
Sweet-corn seed often decays if put into the ground as early as field-corn.
ABC of Vegetable Gardening|Eben Eugene Rexford
The first thing I saw, on looking up at the sound of footsteps, was the said nose coming toward me, among the sweet-corn tassels.
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sweet corn

sweet corn

noun

Also called: sugar corn, green corn a variety of maize, Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young

the unripe ears of maize, esp the sweet kernels removed from the cob, cooked as a vegetable

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单词	sweet corn
释义	sweet corn noun any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating. Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. the young and tender ears of corn, especially when used as a table vegetable. Also called green corn. Origin of sweet corn An Americanism dating back to 1640–50 Words nearby sweet corn sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider, sweet clover, sweet corn, sweet dreams, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, sweeten the kitty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweet corn One morning the boy Frank came in with a basket of sweet-corn on his arm, and a bad scowl on his countenance. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880\|Various About this bunch he sunk traps in the ground, and threw hay-seed over them, and placed nice ears of sweet-corn beside them. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880\|Various Sweet-corn seed often decays if put into the ground as early as field-corn. ABC of Vegetable Gardening\|Eben Eugene Rexford The first thing I saw, on looking up at the sound of footsteps, was the said nose coming toward me, among the sweet-corn tassels. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II\|Various British Dictionary definitions for sweet corn sweet corn noun Also called: sugar corn, green corn a variety of maize, Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young the unripe ears of maize, esp the sweet kernels removed from the cob, cooked as a vegetable Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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