Maize

Corn is a cereal plant.

Corn comes from Central America.

Corn is a tall plant.

Corn has long and broad leaves.

The maize plant is green.

Cobs grow on the plant.

There are yellow grains in the corn cob.

In the picture there is a is a corn plant. You can see the corn on the cob. And the yellow corn kernels.

Words with same meanings

corn

Zea mays

Detailed explanation

You can make various things from the corn kernels.

For example:

• corn flour
• corn·flakes
• corn starch
• corn syrup
• pop·corn
• corn bred
• tortillas
• corn beer

Maize can also be used as animal feed.

For pigs, for example.

Or for cows.

Maize can also be used to make bio·ethanol.

Or bio·gas.

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