GREEN CORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does green corn mean? 

• GREEN CORN (noun)
  The noun GREEN CORN has 2 senses:

1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating

2. corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft

  Familiarity information: GREEN CORN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREEN CORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green corn; sugar corn; sweet corn; sweet corn plant; Zea mays rugosa; Zea saccharata

Hypernyms ("green corn" is a kind of...):

corn; 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 times)

Holonyms ("green corn" is a part of...):

corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

green corn; sweet corn

Hypernyms ("green corn" is a kind of...):

corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)