Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun green_corn

2 senses of green corn

Sense 1
sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata -- (a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating)
       => corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays -- (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)

Sense 2
sweet corn, green corn -- (corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft)
       => corn, edible corn -- (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)