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dent corn

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dent corn
n.
A tall-growing variety of corn (Zea mays var. indentata) having yellow or white kernels that are indented at the tip.
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Noun1.dent corndent corn - corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
Zea mays indentata
field corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain


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What's left over is a meal similar in texture to the product coming out of a soybean crushing plant, and it has a better amino acid portfolio and higher protein and energy than dent corn.
Ethanol Game Change by Bernick, Jeanne / Farm Journal
It's the dent corn - used for animal feed, corn syrup, ethylene alcohol, corn syrup, cornstarch and much more - that is the most important, and which is grown and harvested in the largest quantities, notes Olwen Woodier, author of ``Corn, 140 Recipes: Roasted, Creamed, Simmered + More.
EARS TO SUMMER! SWEET CORN IS PLENTIFUL AND DELICIOUS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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