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sweet corn
noun
- any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. the young and tender ears of corn, especially when used as a table vegetable.
sweet corn
noun
- Also calledsugar corngreen corn a variety of maize, Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young
- the unripe ears of maize, esp the sweet kernels removed from the cob, cooked as a vegetable
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet corn1
An Americanism dating back to 1640–50
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