corn, (Zea mays), also called Indian corn or maize, cereal plant of the grass family (Poaceae) and its edible grain. The domesticated crop originated in the Americas and is one of the most widely distributed of the world’s food crops.
Corn is a highly productive and influential crop, used for a variety of purposes. It is consumed by both people and animals as a food source, utilized as a biofuel, and employed as a crude material in numerous industries.
Corn, also known as maize, is a starchy vegetable that comes as kernels on a cob, covered by a husk.
Corn is a favorite of summertime cookouts. Popped, it makes the perfect snack for movie nights or parties.
The sweet corn that you eat at cookouts comes in yellow, white, or a combination of the two colors, and it has a mildly sugary taste.
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as various industrial and feedstock varieties of corn have been engineered to provide resistance to the herbicide glyphosate or to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in order to kill specific insect pests.