· 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

Synonym(s): maize, Indian_corn, Zea_mays

Hypernym(s): cereal, cereal_grass

· the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

Hypernym(s): kernel

· ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

Synonym(s): edible_corn

Hypernym(s): grain, food_grain, cereal

· a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

Synonym(s): clavus

Hypernym(s): callosity, callus

· (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

Hypernym(s): cereal, cereal_grass

· whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

Synonym(s): corn_whiskey, corn_whisky

Hypernym(s): whiskey, whisky

· something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"

Hypernym(s): mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness

· feed (cattle) with corn

Hypernym(s): feed, give

· preserve with salt; "corned beef"

Hypernym(s): preserve, keep