dent corn

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   corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity

   SynonymsZea mays indentata

   Broaderfield corn

Questions about dent corn

What does dent corn mean?

dent corn means "corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity".

What is another word for dent corn?

Close synonyms include Zea mays indentata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dent corn a common word?

dent corn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.