Corn, especially in British English and in cognate form in all other Germanic languages, refers to the principal

cereal A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more foo ...

crop of any given region, such as

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn ( North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. ...

in the United States,

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeolog ...

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley ...

in England and Wales, or

oat The oat (''Avena sativa''), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for human co ...

s in Scotland and Ireland. In colloquial usage in the United States and Australia, corn refers exclusively to maize, a large-grained crop native to the Americas and the principal cereal crop of that region. Corn may also refer to:

Places

* Corn, Lot, France *

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 west-central Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, its geographic c ...

, United States

People

Corn (surname) Corn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Corn (born 1943), American poet and essayist * David Corn, American political journalist and author *Kevin Corn, American voice actor * Rob Corn, American television producer and d ...

, and persons with the name *

Corn Griffin John Charles "Corn" Griffin (July 24, 1911 – January 9, 1973) was an American heavyweight boxer whose career lasted from 1930 to 1936 and included the memorable June 14, 1934 TKO loss to James J. Braddock, recreated for the 2005 film ''Ci ...

(1911–1973), American heavyweight boxer

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Corn (color) The shade maize or corn refers to a specific tone of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name— maize (the cereal ''maize'' is called ''corn'' in the USA and Canada. In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, r ...

* ''Corn'' (film), a 2004 movie *

Corn (pathology) A corn or clavus (plural ''clavi'' or ''clavuses'') is a cone-shaped and often painful inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body. When on the feet, corns can be so ...

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

snow Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet ...

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Dracaena fragrans ''Dracaena fragrans'' (cornstalk dracaena), is a flowering plant species that is native throughout tropical Africa, from Sudan south to Mozambique, west to Côte d'Ivoire and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at altitude.JSTOR Plan ...

'' (cornstalk dracaena or happy plant), a flowering African shrub commonly kept as a house plant

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