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sweet corn
noun
- any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. the young and tender ears of corn, especially when used as a table vegetable.
sweet corn
noun
- Also calledsugar corngreen corn a variety of maize, Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young
- the unripe ears of maize, esp the sweet kernels removed from the cob, cooked as a vegetable
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Head for the Great Escape, which has managed to hold its own for nearly four decades with house-made hard ice cream, gelato, and vegan ice cream, including seasonal flavors like sweet corn or pumpkin.
The fetching “chowda” packs in fistfuls of clams whose shells collect smoked bacon, grilled sweet corn, diced potato, crisp scallions and hot cream.
Instead of getting a flu jab, you could munch on an ear of fresh, sweet corn.
Another first course, ricotta dumplings, were dense and pasty when I tried them, although a shower of sweet corn, Pecorino cheese and chanterelles did their best to distract the tongue.
The summer is when the Amish sell sweet corn, and when the berry farms open their orchards.
If you like sweet corn, or presidential politics, this is a good time to be in the heartland.
And of course we have also now generously introduced super-sweet corn to the Mexicans.
Chicken, Sweet Corn, and Red Pepper Crêpesby Lou Seibert Pappas These crêpes have a lot going on.
The tribes of the upper Missouri River had flint corn, flour corn and sweet corn.
Select tender juicy sweet corn, at the best stage for table use and can as soon as possible after gathering.
This is used quite extensively as a sweetening agent in canned sweet corn, and other similar products.
In the souring of canned sweet corn, it is exceptional that the ends are forced outward.
Many varieties of sweet corn are used, but some are better in quality than others.
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