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CORN |
Maize |
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CORNCOB |
Maize core |
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SWEETCORN |
Maize variety |
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BOURBON |
Maize whisky |
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CORNFLOUR |
Ground maize |
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SCORN |
Contemptuously reject southern maize |
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NUBBIN |
A small or imperfect ear of maize. |
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TASSEL |
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels. |
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ARTICULATION |
One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize. |
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COB |
The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. |
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MEALIES |
Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South
Africa. |
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FLOSS |
The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also
called silk. |
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HOMINY |
Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being
boiled in water. |
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MONOCARPOUS |
Bearing fruit but once, and dying after
fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. |
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SILK |
That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the
female flower of maize. |
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CHICA |
A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a
decoction of maize. |
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HUSKING |
A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking
maize; -- called also |
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TORTILLA |
An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated
iron or stone. |
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SUCCOTASH |
Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is
borrowed from the native Indians. |
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PLANT |
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to
plant maize. |
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INDIAN |
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal,
Indian bread, and the like. |
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PINOLE |
Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed
with water, it makes a nutritious beverage. |
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SUCKER |
To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of
suckers; as, to sucker maize. |
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GRUEL |
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize,
oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge. |
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SEA CORN |
A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species
of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. |