Sugar Corn (Noun)
Meaning
A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Sweet sugar corn on the cob, grilled or boiled, makes a tasty side dish at barbecues and summer picnics.
- Many supermarkets stock several types of sugar corn during peak summer months to cater to local demand.
- By developing this particular breed of sugar corn, scientists successfully cultivated ears with desirable sweet-tasting kernels.
- Farmer Jones cultivates three types of corn, but her sweetest is clearly her renowned summer harvest sugar corn variety.
- Among home gardeners, Golden Bantam remains one of the oldest heirloom and non-hybrid popular sweet sugar corn to this day.