flint corn

noun

a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.

Origin of flint corn

1695-1705

An Americanism dating back to 1695-1705

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A form of flint corn, with variegated leaves, is grown for ornament under the name Zea japonica or Japanese striped corn.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 Various
The tribes of the upper Missouri River had flint corn, flour corn and sweet corn.

Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) Melvin Randolph Gilmore
While flint corn appears abundantly on sweet corn ears, on the other hand, sweet corn does not appear upon the flint corns.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 Various

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