| 释义 |
sweet corn
noun
: an Indian corn that is grown in many horticultural varieties, is variously considered a distinct species (Zea saccharata or Z. rugosa), a subspecies (Z. mays rugosa), or a specific mutation of dent corn, and is distinguished especially by kernels containing a high percentage of sugar in the milk stage when they are suitable for table use but later becoming horny, translucent, and wrinkled — compare field corn, green corn |