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mrob on June 20, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oldest white wine in the world found in a first-ce...

"Corn" traditionally just meant grain. "Corn" meaning maize is an abbreviation of "Indian corn", i.e. the grain used by Native Americans.

kwhitefoot on June 20, 2024 [–]

Corn still means wheat, rye, etc. in British English. Maize is sweetcorn.

jon_richards on June 20, 2024 | [–]

Sweetcorn is a specific maize meant for human consumption, distinct from popcorn or feed corn (which is also used for ethanol production, becoming "distillers grains" that are also fed to livestock).

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