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  • 1corn — noun 1 (BrE) cereal crop (wheat, etc.) ADJECTIVE ▪ ripe ▪ green ▪ The corn is still green. ▪ young … OF CORN ▪ …

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  • 2corn — corn1 /kawrn/, n. 1. Also called Indian corn; esp. technical and Brit., maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears. 2. the grain, seeds,… …

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  • 3grow — [[t]groʊ[/t]] v. grew, grown, grow•ing 1) dvl to increase in size by a natural process of development 2) to come into being and develop: a plant that grows wild here[/ex] 3) cry to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, as …

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  • 4grow — growable, adj. /groh/, v., grew, grown, growing. v.i. 1. to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance. 2. to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic… …

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  • 5corn — S3 [ko:n US ko:rn] n [Sense: 1 2; Origin: Old English] [Sense: 3; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: corne horn, corner ; CORNER1] 1.) [U] BrE plants such as wheat, ↑barley …

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  • 6Corn smut — Huitlacoche Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Subkingdom …

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  • 7Corn (film) — Corn DVD cover for Corn Directed by Dave Silver Starring Jena Malone …

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  • 8corn on the cob — corn on the cobs also corn on the cob N VAR Corn on the cob is the long rounded part of the maize or corn plant on which small yellow seeds grow, and which is eaten as a vegetable …

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  • 9corn cob — corn cobs also corncob N COUNT: usu pl 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 …

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  • 10corn on the cob — n [U] the top part of a ↑corn plant on which yellow seeds grow, cooked and eaten as a vegetable …

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