green corn

green corn

n. Young, tender ears of sweet corn.

green corn

n (Plants) another name for sweetcorn¹

green′ corn`

n. the young tender ears of corn. [1800–10, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	green corn - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eatingsugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharataedible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human foodcorn, 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
	2.	green corn - corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and softsweet cornedible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food