flint corn

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flint corn¹

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Though traditionally polenta is made from flint corn, there are no regulations requiring packages labeled “polenta” to be made from it today.

From Washington Post

The tribes of the upper Missouri River had flint corn, flour corn and sweet corn.

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The crops raised consisted of a small flint corn, rye oats, potatoes and turnips.

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The white flint corn is the kind usually chosen for hommony; although any kind, possessing the requisite solidity, will do.

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While flint corn appears abundantly on sweet corn ears, on the other hand, sweet corn does not appear upon the flint corns.

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Take the trouble to get meal water-ground, from white flint corn, and fresh from the mill.

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