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POPCORN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small kernels of corn exploded by heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("popcorn" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("popcorn" is a part of...):

popcorn; Zea mays everta (corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat

Synonyms:

popcorn; Zea mays everta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("popcorn" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "popcorn"):

popcorn (small kernels of corn exploded by heat)

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