Soft Corn (Noun)
Meaning
Corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Fresh soft corn boiled on the cob with a bit of salt makes a delightful snack at family picnics.
- There is often a noticeable variation in moisture levels of freshly picked ears between soft corn and flint varieties.
- Rural restaurants showcase fresh picked corn side dishes but commonly limit options of truly traditional corn and lean on contemporary methods used in newer lines with traits less 'hardenably rigid and lean closer' onto softly refined naturally characteristic values similar seen especially still under particular pure subcrops on either American field.
- Typical land allocated of indigenous farmers that cultivate true breed variation under soft corn usually has an age of less than ten years of crop harvest from initial open land clearing taking place.
- American breeders brought soft corn to modern status and out of 'backyard farming phases' via the creation of extra-reproducing or special in-bred breeds that allowed corn grown to meet economic terms as a typical commodity, this contributed valuable additions turning corn into commodity supply products that was readily transported to feed an entire populace also ensuring very durable seeds for backyard planting 'to-the-table on hand cultivators'.