green corn
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- enPR: grēn′ kôrn′[1][2]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːn ˌkɔːɹn/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹin ˌkoɹn/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːn ˌkoːɹn/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾiːn ˌkoːɾn/
Noun
green corn (plural green corns)
- (agriculture) The young ears of corn (maize) harvested while still in the milky stage, before the kernels fully mature.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “green”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “corn”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “green corn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “green-corn, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page n.
- “green corn” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 2025-08-02.
- “green corn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.