sweet corn
1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating • Syn: sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata • Hypernyms: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays • Part Holonyms: corn, edible corn 2. corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft • Syn: green corn • Hypernyms: corn, edible corn
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