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  • 11corn — corn1 [kôrn] n. [ME & OE < IE base * ger , to ripen, mature, grow old > GRAIN, CHURN, Gr gerōn, old man] 1. Now Dial. a tiny, hard particle, as of salt or sand; granule; grain 2. a small, hard seed or seedlike fruit, esp. a seed or grain of …

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  • 12corn|cob — «KRN KOB», noun. 1. the central, woody part of an ear of corn, on which the kernels grow in rows; cob. 2. Also, corncob pipe. a tobacco pipe with a bowl hollowed out of a piece of dried corncob, often polished on the outside …

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  • 13Corn grey leaf spot — Cercospora zeae maydis Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Family: Mycosphaerella …

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  • 14grow — verb 1 increase ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ considerably, dramatically, significantly, substantially ▪ slowly …

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  • 15grow — [c]/groʊ / (say groh) verb (grew, grown, growing) –verb (i) 1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance. 2. to arise or issue as from a germ, stock, or… …

  • 16corn — n. maize 1) to grow, raise; husk corn 2) hybrid; Indian; sweet; young corn 3) an ear of corn 4) (misc.) corn on the cob * * * [kɔːn] Indian husk corn raise sweet young corn …

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  • 17Corn Crake — Landrail redirects here. For the ships of the Royal Navy, see HMS Landrail. Corn Crake Conservation status …

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  • 18grow — verb past tense grew /grU:/ past participle grown 1 PERSON/ANIMAL (I) to become bigger and develop over a period of time: How you ve grown since the last time I saw you! | grow 2 inches/5cm etc: Stan grew two inches in six months. | growing… …

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  • 19Corn (medicine) — Painful corns A corn (or clavus, plural clavi) is a specially shaped callus of dead skin that usually occurs on thin or glabrous (hairless and smooth) skin surfaces, especially on the dorsal surface of toes or fingers. They can sometimes occur on …

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  • 20corn — {{11}}corn (1) grain, O.E. corn, from P.Gmc. *kurnam small seed (Cf. O.Fris., O.S. korn grain, M.Du. coren, Ger. Korn, O.N. korn, Goth. kaurn), from PIE root *gre no grain (Cf. O.C.S. zruno …

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