sweet corn
noun
: corn of a variety (Zea mays rugosa synonym Z. m. saccharata) with soft kernels containing a high percentage of sugar
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Fresh, sweet corn on the cob is already near-perfect, straight from Mother Nature.
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Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2024
For example, planting the first sweet corn crops was delayed because the ground was too wet.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024
By the summer of 1947, Tejano migrants worked in 23 of Wisconsin's 71 counties harvesting cucumbers, cherries and sweet corn.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
Palizzi grows sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, chili peppers, okra, beets, onions and cucumbers at the farm on East Bromley Lane, which has been in business since 1929.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
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Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2024
For example, planting the first sweet corn crops was delayed because the ground was too wet.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024
By the summer of 1947, Tejano migrants worked in 23 of Wisconsin's 71 counties harvesting cucumbers, cherries and sweet corn.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
Palizzi grows sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, chili peppers, okra, beets, onions and cucumbers at the farm on East Bromley Lane, which has been in business since 1929.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
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“Sweet corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20corn. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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