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- pronunciation:
- korn
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| definition 1: |
Corn is a tall plant in the grass family that people often grow for food. People and animals can eat the yellow or white seeds of this plant, which grow on something we call ears.
There is corn growing in a huge field near my house, and right now the plants are taller than I am!
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Corn is what we call the seeds that come from a corn plant. The seeds grow on long things called ears. People often cook the seeds and eat them as a vegetable. When the seeds are dried, they can be ground up to make flour. With the flour, people can bake things like corn muffins or corn bread.
Did you know that pigs love to eat dried corn? Birds like to eat it too.At Thanksgiving, we had turkey and corn and baked potatoes.
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| related words: |
grain |
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