corn

n. grain, cereal; maize; kernel; wart, callus

v. preserve meat in brine or salt

Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica and then spread throughout the American continents. Maize spread to the rest of the world after European contact with the Americas in the late 15th century and early 16th century. The term maize derives from the Spanish form (maíz) of the Arawak Native American term for the plant. However, it is commonly called corn in the United States, Canada and Australia. Corn is a shortened form of "Indian corn", i.e. the Indian grain. The English word "corn" originally referred to a granular particle, most commonly cereal grains.  Hybrid maize is preferred by farmers over conventional varieties for its high grain yield, due to heterosis ("hybrid vigour"). Maize is the largest crop in all of the Americas (270 million metric tons annually in the U.S. alone).
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Noun
1. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
(synonym) maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
(hypernym) cereal, cereal grass
(hyponym) field corn
(member-holonym) Zea, genus Zea
(part-meronym) edible corn
2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
(hypernym) kernel
(substance-meronym) corn oil
3. ears of corn grown for human food
(synonym) edible corn
(hypernym) grain, food grain, cereal
(hyponym) sweet corn, green corn
(part-holonym) maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
4. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
(synonym) clavus
(hypernym) callosity, callus
5. annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
(synonym) wheat
(hypernym) cereal, cereal grass
(hyponym) durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat
(member-holonym) Triticum, genus Triticum
(part-meronym) wheat berry
6. whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
(synonym) corn whiskey, corn whisky
(hypernym) whiskey, whisky
(hyponym) moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor
7. something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
(hypernym) mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness
Verb
1. feed (cattle) with corn
(hypernym) feed, give
2. preserve with salt; "corned beef"
(hypernym) preserve, keep
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation

(v. t.)
To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.
  

(v. t.)
To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.
  

(v. t.)
To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
  

(v. t.)
To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.
  

(n.)
The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
  

(n.)
The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.
  

(n.)
A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
  

(n.)
A small, hard particle; a grain.
  

(n.)
A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
  

Wheat Brought to earth by Lords of Wisdom from other spheres, as were all the grains, and indeed all plants and animals. Yet wheat is said not to be known in the wild state nor to have been developed from any grass. Plato speaks of inventors -- gods and demigods incarnate in human beings -- who appeared successively among the races of mankind after their divine rulers had departed, and discovered fire, wheat, and wine. The kabiri and also Isis are said to have brought wheat, as is Isis. In Egyptian symbology the Osirified defunct becomes Khem, who gleans the field of Aaru -- i.e., "he gleans either his reward or punishment, as that field is the celestial locality (Devachan) where the defunct is given wheat, the food of divine justice" (SD 1:221).
In ancient Greece wheat was always associated with Demeter or Ceres (whence the word cereal), and as Demeter was the preeminent goddess of the Mysteries, sheaves of wheat also were associated with the Mysteries. Maize held the same place in ancient America. In the Christian Church wheat is still the food in the bread -- the literal, physical "body of Christ."