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    GREEN CORN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and softplay

    Synonyms:

    green corn; sweet corn

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("green corn" is a kind of...):

    corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eatingplay

    Synonyms:

    green corn; sugar corn; sweet corn; sweet corn plant; Zea mays rugosa; Zea saccharata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("green corn" is a kind of...):

    corn; 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)

    Holonyms ("green corn" is a part of...):

    corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)

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