field corn

field corn

n. Any of several starchy varieties of corn harvested when dry for use as livestock feed, as food for humans, or for industrial purposes.

field corn

n (Agriculture) US any variety of corn that is grown as a feed for livestock

field′ corn`

n. feed corn grown for stock. [1855–60, Amer.]

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field corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market graincorn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays - 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 timesdent corn, Zea mays indentata - corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturityflint corn, flint maize, Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata - corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endospermflour corn, soft corn, squaw corn, Zea mays amylacea - corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starchfield crop - a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes; "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops"