Corn: Fruit or vegetable ?

Corn is

  • a fruit

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  • a vegetable

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  • some other opinion

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Corn is a vegetable to me and I have never found it called a fruit. I enjoy sweet corn the most.:)
 
Enmos said:
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corn
Main Entry: 1corn
Pronunciation: \ˈkȯrn\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse korn grain, Latin granum
Date: before 12th century
1chiefly dialect : a small hard particle : grain
2: a small hard seed
3 a: the seeds of a cereal grass and especially of the important cereal crop of a particular region (as wheat in Britain, oats in Scotland and Ireland, and Indian corn in the New World and Australia) b: the kernels of sweet corn served as a vegetable while still soft and milky
4: a plant that produces corn; especially : Indian corn 1
5: corn whiskey
6 a: something (as writing, music, or acting) that is corny b: the quality or state of being corny : corniness
7: corn snow




1: to form into grains : granulate
2 a: to preserve or season with salt in grains b: to cure or preserve in brine containing preservatives and often seasonings <corned beef>
3: to feed with corn <corn the horses>
 
They are all answers, you get to choose the one best suited for your application of its usage. ;)
 
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