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preserve with salt; "corned beef"
a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes (同)clavus
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 (同)maize, Indian_corn, Zea_mays
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food (同)edible corn
feed (cattle) with corn
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived (同)American_Indian, Red_Indian
a native or inhabitant of India
of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" (同)Amerind, Amerindic, Native_American
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (同)Republic of India, Bharat
(used especially of meat) cured in brine (同)cured

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〈U〉(米,カナダ,オーストラリアで)『とうもろこし』;〈C〉とうもろこしの実(おもに《英》maize, Indian corn) / 〈U〉《英》《集合的に》『穀草』(wheat, oatsなど);『穀物』,穀類;穀粒 / 〈C〉《話》古くさい(お涙ちょうだい的な)もの(こと) / 〈牛肉など〉'を'塩づけにする
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インドの,インド人の / アメリカインディアンの / 〈C〉インド人 / (また『American Indian』)〈C〉『アメリカンインディアン』 / 〈U〉アメリカインディアンの言語
『インド』(公式名は『the Republic of India』インド共和国;首都はNew Delhi;《略》『Ind.』)
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Flint corn, (Zea mays indurata; also known in most countries as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is the same species as Indian corn, but a different variant of maize (var. Linnaeus).^[1] Because each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm, it is likened to being hard as flint; hence the name.^[2]

History[edit]

With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the dents in each kernel from which dent corn gets its name.^[3] This is one of the three types of corn cultivated by Native Americans, both in New England and across the northern tier, including by tribes such as the Pawnee on the Great Plains. Archeologists have found evidence of such corn cultivation by the Pawnee and others before 1000 BC.^[4] Cultivation of corn occurred hundreds of years earlier among the Mississippian culture people, whose civilization arose based on population density and trade because of surplus corny crops.

Distinctive traits[edit]

When fully ripe, "Dent corn" has a pronounced depression or dent at the crown of the kernels. Flint corn doesn't have any depression.

Because flint corn has a very low water content it is more resistant to freezing than other vegetables. It was the only Vermont crop to survive New England's infamous "Year Without a Summer" of 1816.^[5]

Coloration[edit]

The coloration of flint corn is often different from white and yellow dent corns, many of which were bred later. Most flint corn is multi-colored.^[6] Like the Linnaeus variant of maize, any kernel may contain the yellow pigment zeaxanthin but at more varying concentrations.^[7]

Uses[edit]

Popcorn (Zea mays everta, "corn turned inside out") is considered a variant of this type. It has a hard, slightly translucent kernel.^[8]

Flint corn is also the type of corn preferred for making hominy, a staple food in the Americas since pre-Columbian times.

The flint corn cultivars that have large proportions of kernels with hues outside the yellow range are primarily used ornamentally, notably as part of Thanksgiving decorations in the United States. They are often called either "ornamental corn" or "Indian corn", although each of those names has other meanings as well.

References[edit]

^ jugalbandi.info Indian Corn
^ "Seeds of Change Garden". www.mnh.si.edu. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
^ nmsu.edu Blue Corn Unique to American Southwest
^ ", Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1965; reprint 1977, pp. 4–8, accessed 16 Dec 2009
^ slowfoodusa.org Roy's Calais flint corn. Retrieved August 2011
^ wonderquest.com Indian corn
^ mnh.si.edu What kinds of corn are there?
^ New Oxford American Dictionary

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