EDIBLE CORN

Pronunciation (US):

• EDIBLE CORN (noun)
  The noun EDIBLE CORN has 1 sense:

1. ears of corn grown for human food

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE CORN used as a noun is very rare.

• EDIBLE CORN (noun)

Meaning:

Ears of corn grown for human food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

edible corn; corn

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

cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Meronyms (parts of "edible corn"):

green corn; sugar corn; sweet corn; sweet corn plant; Zea mays rugosa; Zea saccharata (a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edible corn"):

green corn; sweet corn (corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft)

hominy (hulled corn with the bran and germ removed)

popcorn (small kernels of corn exploded by heat)

Holonyms ("edible corn" is a part 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)