field corn

noun

feed corn grown for stock.

Origin of field corn

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Historical Examples of field corn

Sweet-corn seed often decays if put into the ground as early as field-corn.
ABC of Vegetable Gardening
Eben Eugene Rexford

British Dictionary definitions for field corn

field corn

noun

US any variety of corn that is grown as a feed for livestock

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