collective singular. The seed of the cereal or farinaceous plants as a produce of agriculture; grain.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] (169) corn871 collective singular. The seed of the cereal or farinaceous plants as a produce of agriculture; grain. curnsa1400 plural. Grain, corn-crops. Obsolete. frumentc1440 Corn. stuff1461 Equipment, stores, stock. Provision of corn; in full †stuff of corn; hence corn or grain in any state (see quot. 1825). Obsolete exc. Scottish. victual1473 Scottish. Grain, corn. ? Obsolete. plough-meat1580 cereals. fourment1601 Corn; rendering Latin frumentum. breadstuff1793 A type of grain (esp. wheat), or the flour made from this, used to make bread. Also as a mass noun. Now chiefly historical. white victual1799 Produce of the ground capable of being used as food. Obsolete. cereal1832 (usually in plural; also in Latin form cerealia.) A name given to those plants of the family Graminaceæ or grasses which are cultivated for their… corn-chandlery1883 goods dealt in by a corn-chandler. mutt-eye1946 Cut corn. Subcategories:— chaff or husks of grain (13) — grain separated from chaff (6) — corn for grinding (2) — corn for bread (2) — inferior grain (8) — waste corn (1) — on floor (1) — wheat (17) — barley (6) — oats (4) — oats and barley mixed (2) — rye (1) — rye and wheat mixed (6) — millet (13) — maize (17) — rice (14) — other grains (13) — prepared grains (31) |
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