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Indian corn (Bot.), A cereal plant of the genus Zea (Zea Mays), also simply called corn, used widely as a food; the maize, a native plant of America; more specifically: a primitive variety of Zea Mays having variegated kernels on each cob, in distinction from the more commonly used yellow corn; it is often used as decoration at Thanksgiving time. See Corn, and Maize.
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&hand_; In modern American usage, the word corn when unmodified usually refers to yellow corn, and Indian corn refers to the variegated variety.
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