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corn noun [ kɔːn ]

• the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.
• "fields of corn"
Similar: grain, cereal, cereal crop,
• something banal or sentimental.
• "the film is pure corn"
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koren and German Korn .

corn noun

• a small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.
Origin: late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin cornu ‘horn’.

corn on the cob

• maize when cooked and eaten straight from the cob.



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