sweet corn

sweet corn

n.

A variety of corn (Zea mays var. rugosa), the common table and canning corn, having kernels that are sweet when young. Also called sugar corn.

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sweet corn

Noun

1. a kind of maize with sweet yellow kernels, eaten as a vegetable when young

2. the sweet kernels removed from the maize cob, cooked as a vegetable

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweet corn - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
	2.	sweet corn - corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft green corn edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food