clavus | | |
n. (state) | 1. clavus, corn | a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes. |
| ~ callosity, callus | an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot). |
corn | | |
n. (plant) | 1. 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. |
| ~ edible corn, corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. |
| ~ corn cob, corncob | the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn. |
| ~ corn stalk, cornstalk | the stalk of a corn plant. |
| ~ cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. |
| ~ genus zea, zea | corn. |
| ~ field corn | corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain. |
| ~ green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata | a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating. |
| ~ popcorn, zea mays everta | corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat. |
| ~ capitulum, spike, ear | fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. |
n. (plant) | 2. corn | the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal. |
| ~ corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains. |
| ~ kernel | a single whole grain of a cereal.; "a kernel of corn" |
n. (food) | 3. corn, edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. |
| ~ green corn, sweet corn | corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft. |
| ~ hominy | hulled corn with the bran and germ removed. |
| ~ popcorn | small kernels of corn exploded by heat. |
| ~ food grain, cereal, grain | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata | a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating. |
n. (plant) | 4. corn | (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland). |
| ~ cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. |
n. (food) | 5. corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky | whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. |
| ~ bootleg, corn liquor, moonshine | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash. |
| ~ whiskey, whisky | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain. |
n. (attribute) | 6. corn | something sentimental or trite.; "that movie was pure corn" |
| ~ sentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way. |
v. (consumption) | 7. corn | feed (cattle) with corn. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
v. (change) | 8. corn | preserve with salt.; "corned beef" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
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