Indian corn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    maize; corn; Zea mays.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zea (Z. Mays); the maize, a native of America. See Corn, and Maize.

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