1. Corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
   "She added kernels of fresh green corn to the summer salad";
   - sweet corn
    
2. A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
   "They planted green corn for their summer barbecues";
   - sweet corn, sugar corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata

Derived forms: green corns

Type of: corn, edible corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays

Part of: corn, edible corn

Encyclopedia: Green corn