noun
- (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1(def 1).
- a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.
noun
- Also called: Indian corn
- a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
- the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oilUsual US and Canadian name: corn See also sweet corn
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- a yellow colour
- (as modifier)a maize gown
n.1550s, from Cuban Spanish maiz, from Arawakan (Haiti) mahiz.