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corn rose

British

noun

archaic any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields, such as the corn poppy

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The cost of corn rose more than 1%, to $6.04 a bushel, and oats gained 0.73%, to $3.46 per unit.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The price of a bushel of corn rose by more than 100 percent from its low in August of 2020 to its high in May of this year.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

In August, corn rose to $8.49 a bushel.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2012

Soybeans, planted later than corn, rose more than 20 percent over the same period and set a record high on the same day.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2012

For one year more people managed to live somehow or other, thrashing up what old corn there was; the rich made money, for corn rose very high.

From Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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