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

1 sense of sweet corn plant

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)