field corn

English

Noun

field corn (usually uncountable, plural field corns)

1. (US) Any variety of corn (maize) grown primarily for fodder; usually, one with lower sugar content than sweet corn and harvested either to be stored dry (on the cob or off, divorced of the stover) or ensiled along with the stover.

   Hyponym: dent corn (broadly synonymous)

Related terms

• corn crib
• cornfield
• cornhusker

 

Translations

variety of corn

• Finnish: rehumaissi (fi)

See also

• field bean
• field pea

 

Anagrams

• cornfield