region in the NC plains area of the Midwest where much corn and cornfed livestock are raised: it extends from W Ohio to E Nebr. and NE Kans.

a flat corn bread baked on a griddle

a thin, crisp piece of snack food made from cornmeal

Corn cobs are the long rounded parts of the maize or corn plant on which small yellow seeds grow , and which is eaten as a vegetable .

a frankfurter coated in cornmeal batter before frying

fed on corn , esp maize

the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn : repealed in 1846

any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia , which have coloured lily-like flowers

meal made from maize

an oil prepared from maize , used in cooking and in making soaps , lubricants , etc

a kind of corn bread baked in small oval loaves , or pones

any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields , such as the corn poppy

a Black, originally African , hair-style in which the hair is plaited in close parallel rows , resembling furrows in a ploughed field

the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize , formerly used as a diuretic

an ascomycetous parasitic fungus , Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain

granular snow formed by alternate freezing and thawing

a variety of field corn , Zea mays indentata , having yellow or white kernels that become indented as they ripen

Seed corn is money that businesses spend at the beginning of a project in the hope that it will eventually produce profits.

the larva of a European moth ( Ostrinia nubilalis ), now a destructive pest in the U.S., feeding on corn and other plants

a baked or fried flat bread made with cornmeal and, variously, milk or water, flour , eggs, sugar, etc.

any of various patterns, usually wholly or partly consisting of ring shapes, formed by the unexplained flattening of cereals growing in a field

a tall annual weed ( Agrostemma githago ) of the pink family, with flat, pinkish flowers and poisonous seeds, often found in grainfields

a decorative figure made by plaiting straw

a person who deals in corn

flour made from corn

an alcoholic drink distilled from corn mash

a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks , often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell

any of several treelike tropical plants of the genus Draecena , esp. D . fragrans massangeana , widely cultivated as a houseplant

a poppy , Papaver rhoeas, that has bright red flowers and grows in cornfields . Since World War I it has been the symbol of fallen soldiers

any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V . locusta , which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads

a stack or bundle of bound or unbound corn piled upright for curing or drying

the husk of an ear of maize

a large, harmless rat snake , Elaphe guttata guttata , of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan , or gray scales with dark-red blotches : once common in cornfields but now an endangered species

Corn starch is a fine white powder made from corn, used as a thickener or binder in the manufacture of drugs.

a dextrose made from cornstarch

syrup prepared from maize

whisky made from maize

any variety of corn that is grown as a feed for livestock

a variety of corn ( Zea mays var . indurata ) with very hard kernels not dented at the tip

young ears of sweet corn , in the milky stage

an Old World variety of sorghum , Sorghum vulgare durra , with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodder

field corn

Indian corn is the same as → maize .

a Southern African variety of sorghum , cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder

a variety of maize , Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young

any of various strains of Indian corn with kernels rich in sugar , eaten as a table vegetable in the unripe , or milky , stage

a heavily built European songbird , Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage : family Emberizidae (buntings)

the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants

A corn exchange is a large building where, in former times, grain was bought and sold.

an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae ( composites )