corn

corn
I
[[t]kɔrn[/t]]
n.
1) pln
Also called Indian corn 1); esp. technical and Brit.,maize
a) pln a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the kernels on large ears
b) pln the kernels of this plant, used for human food or for fodder
c) the ears of this plant
2) pln
a) the edible seed of certain other cereal plants, esp. wheat in England and oats in Scotland
b) pln the plants themselves
3) pln
sweet corn
4) vin
corn whiskey
5) inf Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or mawkishly sentimental material, as a story or music
6) coo to preserve and season with brine or with salt in grains
7) to granulate, as gunpowder
8) to feed with corn
Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OFris, OOHG, ON korn, Go kaurn; akin to L grānum grain, Russ zernó II
corn
[[t]kɔrn[/t]] n.
pat a horny growth of tissue with a tender core, formed over a bone, esp. on the toes, as a result of pressure or friction
Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME corne < AF, MF < L cornū horn, hence a horny hardening of the cuticle

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