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field corn

field corn noun: any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.

field corn: any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower...
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Noun

field corn (usually uncountable, plural field corns)

  1. (US, usually) Any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.
    • Near-synonyms: dent corn, grain corn

Synonyms of field corn

Forms of field corn

pluralfield corns

Questions about field corn

What does field corn mean?
Field corn means any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder or use as grain; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.
What part of speech is field corn?
Field corn is a noun.
What is the plural of field corn?
The plural of field corn is field corns.

Words near field corn in the dictionary

  1. field caps
  2. field circle
  3. field coil
  4. field coils
  5. field colours
  6. field corn
  7. field cornet
  8. field cornets
  9. field corns
  10. field cricket
  11. field crickets

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