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sugar corn

(Plants) another name for sweetcorn¹

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sugar corn - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating

green corn, sweet 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

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