corn dance | a rain dance of Amerindians |
bunting | any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America |
indigo bunting indigo finch indigo bird Passerina cyanea | small deep blue North American bunting |
Emberiza genus Emberiza | Old World buntings |
ortolan ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana | brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy |
reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus | European bunting inhabiting marshy areas |
yellowhammer yellow bunting Emberiza citrinella | European bunting the male being bright yellow |
yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
snow bunting snowbird snowflake Plectrophenax nivalis | white Arctic bunting |
corn snake red rat snake Elaphe guttata | large harmless snake of southeastern United States, often on farms |
corn borer European corn borer moth corn borer moth Pyrausta nubilalis | native to Europe, in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
corn borer Pyrausta nubilalis | larva of the European corn borer moth, a serious pest of maize |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
bunting | a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. |
corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
corn | something sentimental or trite, that movie was pure corn |
corn gluten | gluten prepared from corn |
corn gluten feed | a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten |
corn chowder | chowder containing corn |
corn sugar | dextrose used as sweetening agent |
candy corn | a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn |
corn pudding | pudding made of corn and cream and egg |
corn fritter | fritter containing corn or corn kernels |
bully beef corned beef corn beef | beef cured or pickled in brine |
corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
corn cake | baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland) |
skillet corn bread | cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet |
ashcake ash cake corn tash | corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) |
corn dab corn dodger dodger | small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) |
corn muffin | cornbread muffin |
corn flake | crisp flake made from corn |
corn chip | thin piece of cornmeal dough fried |
corn edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
sweet corn green corn | corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft |
corn syrup | syrup prepared from corn |
moonshine bootleg corn liquor | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash |
corn whiskey corn whisky corn | whiskey distilled from a mash of not less thanpercent corn |
Corn Belt | the midwestern states where corn is grown, Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock |
corncob corn cob | the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn |
cornfield corn field | a field planted with corn |
cornstalk corn stalk | the stalk of a corn plant |
corn cockle corn campion crown-of-the-field Agrostemma githago | European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed, a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways, naturalized in America |
corn spurry corn spurrey Spergula arvensis | small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers |
corn poppy field poppy Flanders poppy Papaver rhoeas | annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated |
squirrel corn Dicentra canadensis | American plant with creamolored flowers and tuberous roots resembling kernels of corn |
corn chamomile field chamomile corn mayweed Anthemis arvensis | European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America |
corn marigold field marigold Chrysanthemum segetum | European herb with bright yellow flowers, a common weed in grain fields |
scentless camomile scentless false camomile scentless mayweed scentless hayweed corn mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Matricaria inodorum | ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America, sometimes included in genus Matricaria |
great millet kaffir kafir corn kaffir corn Sorghum bicolor | important for human and animal food, growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves |
durra doura dourah Egyptian corn Indian millet Guinea corn | sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa |