| 释义 |
flint corn in American English US a variety of corn (Zea mays var. indurata) with very hard kernels not dented at the tip flint corn in American Englishnouna variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage Word origin [1695–1705, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: assemblage, caisson, nonresistant, pinwheel, veneer |