Definition of "sweet corn" []

• A variety of corn (Zea mays var. rugosa), the common table and canning corn, having kernels that are sweet when young. Also called sugar corn. (noun)

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• "They grew she-corn for hominy, and sweet corn and popcorn, turnips and onions and cabbage and okra."
• ""It's left us paralyzed," said Beth Choate , who grows sweet corn at the southern end of the floodway."