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shoepeg corn

shoepeg corn noun: a cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness.

Noun

shoepeg corn (uncountable)

  1. A cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness.

Origin of shoepeg corn

From a fancied resemblance of this corn's kernels to shoepegs.

Questions about shoepeg corn

What does shoepeg corn mean?
Shoepeg corn means a cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness.
What part of speech is shoepeg corn?
Shoepeg corn is a noun.

Words near shoepeg corn in the dictionary

  1. shoepacks
  2. shoepacs
  3. shoepak
  4. shoepaks
  5. shoepeg
  6. shoepeg corn
  7. shoepegs
  8. shoeplay
  9. shoepolish
  10. shoeprint
  11. shoeprints

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