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Corn is the name used in the United States, Canada, and Australia for the grain maize.In much of the English-speaking world, the term "corn" is a generic term for cereal crops, such as* Barley* Oats* Wheat* Rye- Places :...

is the name used in the United States, Canada, and Australia for the grain maize.

In much of the English-speaking world, the term "corn" is a generic term for cereal
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...

 crops, such as
  • Barley
    Barley
    Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...

  • Oats
    OATS
    OATS - Open Source Assistive Technology Software - is a source code repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 with the goal to provide a one-stop “shop” for end users, clinicians and open-source developers to promote and develop open source assistive...

  • Wheat
    Wheat
    Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

  • Rye
    Rye
    Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...


Places

  • Corn, Lot
    Corn, Lot
    Corn is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France....

    , a commune of the Lot department in France
  • Corn, Oklahoma
    Corn, Oklahoma
    Corn is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 503 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Corn is located 13 miles northeast of Cordell in western Oklahoma. Its geographic coordinates are...

    , town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States

Other uses

  • Corn (color)
  • Corn (emulator)
    Corn (emulator)
    Corn was a software emulator of the Nintendo 64 games console targeting x86 computers running Microsoft Windows. Corn was developed by a programmer using the alias ContraSF.-Features:...

    , a software emulator of the Nintendo 64 games console
  • Corn (film)
    Corn (film)
    Corn is a 2004 drama-thriller starring Jena Malone about the dangers of genetically modified food.-Plot:Emily Rasmussen drops out of college upon realizing that she is pregnant, and reluctantly returns to her stepfather's sheep ranch to get her life together...

    , a 2004 drama-thriller starring Jena Malone
  • Corn (medicine)
    Corn (medicine)
    A corn is a specially shaped callus of dead skin that usually occurs on thin or glabrous skin surfaces, especially on the dorsal surface of toes or fingers. They can sometimes occur on the thicker palmar or plantar skin surfaces...

    , an ingrowing callus often on the foot
  • Corn, a type of snow

People

  • Corn (surname)
    Corn (surname)
    Corn and Corns are surnames. Bearers of the name include:*Alfred Corn , American poet and essayist*David Corn, American political journalist and author*Kevin Corn, American voice actor*Rob Corn, American television producer and director...

  • Corn Griffin (born 1911), American heavyweight boxer
  • Corn Mo
    Corn Mo
    Corn Mo is the stage name of Jon Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based musician. Corn Mo sings, plays the accordion, keyboards, and sometimes performs as a one man band. His music style is a mixture of circus music, glam rock, and humorous novelty songs. He is currently recording his third solo album, and...

    , stage name of Jon Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based musician

See also

  • Corn dolly
    Corn dolly
    Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanization.Before Christianisation, in traditional pagan European culture it was believed that the spirit of the corn lived amongst the crop, and that the harvest made it effectively homeless...

  • Corn Hill, Longford
    Corn Hill, Longford
    Located in County Longford, Ireland, Corn Hill or Cairn Hill rises to a height of 278 metres above sea level and as such is the highest point in the county. On a clear day, vantage points in 9 surrounding counties can be identified from the summit of Corn Hill.Upon the Hill are two cairns which...

    , a hill in County Longford, Ireland
  • Corn Holm
    Corn Holm
    Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west. There was once a small chapel here , and it is covered in birdlife.- Geography and geology :Corn Holm is made up of red sandstone....

    , a tidal island in the Orkney Islands
  • Corn Island (Kentucky)
    Corn Island (Kentucky)
    Corn Island is a now-vanished island in the Ohio River, at head of the Falls of the Ohio, just north of Louisville, Kentucky.-Geography:Estimates of the size of Corn Island vary with time as it gradually was eroded and became submerged. A 1780 survey listed its size at...

    , a now-vanished island in the Ohio River
  • Corn Islands
    Corn Islands
    The Corn Islands are two islands about east off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, constituting one of 12 municipalities of the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur department...

    , two islands about 70 km east of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua
  • Corn Palace
    Corn Palace
    The Corn Palace is a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota. It is a popular tourist destination, visited by more than 500,000 people each year. The Moorish Revival building is decorated with Crop art; the murals and designs covering the building are made from corn and...

    , a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota
  • Corn Springs
    Corn Springs
    Corn Springs is a palm oasis situated in the Chuckwalla Mountains of the Colorado Desert in Riverside County, California, United States, seventeen miles southeast of Desert Center. Native Americans relied on the springs and they engraved many signs, petroglyphs, on the rocks in the area...

    , a palm oasis in the Chuckwalla Mountains of the Colorado Desert
  • Corne (disambiguation)
  • Corned beef
    Corned beef
    Corned beef is a type of salt-cured beef products present in many beef-eating cultures. The English term is used interchangeably in modernity to refer to three distinct types of cured beef:...

  • Cornhole (disambiguation)
  • Corny (disambiguation)
  • Great Cornholio
  • Korn (disambiguation)
    Korn (disambiguation)
    Korn is a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California.Korn or KORN may refer to:* Korn , the band Korn's debut album* Korn , a very common form of schnapps, sometimes added to Berliner Weisse...

  • Barleycorn (disambiguation)
  • Peppercorn (disambiguation)
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