green corn

noun

1. sweet corn ( def 2 ).

green corn

noun

1. See sweet corn
   another name for sweet corn

Word History and Origins

Origin of green corn¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The Mashantucket Pequot—the tribal nation my grandfather’s family comes from—have Schemitzun in August, which is a feast of the green corn and a dance.

From Time

There are others as beautiful as the sound of hautbois, and the sound itself is a colour which is like green corn.

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We can buy some green corn of Dave, and he will let us pull his lobster-pots and charge us only five cents for each lobster.

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Canning green corn, peas, beans, and tomatoes has become an important industry.

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Upon the high prairie there was much tipsin, whose roots are so good when cooked with meat or with dried green corn.

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In this way several bushels of potatoes and a lot of green corn were secured and placed by the natives in the yawl.

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