sweet corn
Any of many varieties of corn most suitable for eating by humans, as distinguished…Any of many varieties of corn (specifically maize) most suitable for eating by humans, as distinguished from corn raised as animal feed; usually with higher sugar content than field corn.
» We grew sweet corn this year.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of many varieties of corn (specifically maize) most suitable for eating by humans, as distinguished from corn raised as animal feed; usually with higher sugar content than field corn.
Zuckermais
са́харная кукуру́заsáxarnaja kukurúza
- corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
- a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
Examples
3 sentencesWe grew sweet corn this year.
The weekly circular showed that local sweet corn was on sale at $2.00 for 6 ears.
"Hopefully we'll learn how to control this pest," said farmer Michelle Armstrong, who grows sweet corn and vegetables.
Translations
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Forms
plural: sweet cornsSynonyms
6 synonyms- corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft:green corn
- a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating:sugar corngreen cornsweet corn plantZea mays rugosaZea saccharata
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable