Corn Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout Poaceae, grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago ...

most often refers to maize, the yellow, large-grained crop native to the Americas. It can also refer to the main

cereal A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize ( Corn). Edible grains from other plant families, ...

crop of a country or region: *

Wheat Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...

, barley and oats in England and Wales * Oats in Scotland and Ireland Corn may also refer to:

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Corn, Lot Corn (; ) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in ...

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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. The U.S. Census Bureau, reports that the town has a tota ...

, United States

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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 ...

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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 '' ...

(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 (called ''corn'' in the United States and Canada). In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from li ...

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

Corn (pathology) A corn or clavus (plural ''clavi'' or ''clavuses'') is an often painful, cone-shaped, 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 p ...

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

snow Snow consists of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...

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

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