dent corn
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Named from the small indentation at the crown of each kernel on a ripe ear of corn.
Noun
[edit]- Field corn with a high soft starch content.
- Synonym: grain corn
- 2000, Karel Kulp, Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Revised and Expanded, page 48:
- The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ.