English noun: corn |
1. | corn (plant) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Indian corn, maize, Zea mays |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | field corn, green corn, popcorn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays everta, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata |
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| Part holonym | capitulum, corn, corn cob, corn stalk, corncob, cornstalk, ear, edible corn, spike |
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| Member meronym | genus Zea, Zea |
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2. | corn (plant) the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal |
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| Broader (hypernym) | kernel |
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| Substance holonym | corn oil |
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3. | corn (food) ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
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| Synonyms | edible corn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, food grain, grain |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | green corn, hominy, popcorn, sweet corn |
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| Part holonym | green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata |
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| Part meronym | corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays |
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4. | corn (state) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes |
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| Synonyms | clavus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | callosity, callus |
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5. | corn (plant) (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass |
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6. | corn (food) whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn |
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| Synonyms | corn whiskey, corn whisky |
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| Broader (hypernym) | whiskey, whisky |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bootleg, corn liquor, moonshine |
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7. | corn (attribute) something sentimental or trite |
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| Samples | That movie was pure corn.
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| Broader (hypernym) | drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
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