YANKEE CORN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm

Synonyms:

flint corn; flint maize; Yankee corn; Zea mays indurata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

field corn (corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain)

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