| broom corn | <botany> A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| guinea corn yaws | A form of yaws in which the lesions resemble grains of Indian corn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corn | A species of tall cereal grass, zea mays, grown for its seed and used as food and animal fodder. It is also called maise or indian corn. It is a plant of the genus zea of the family gramineae (poaceae), originating in the americas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| corn ergot | A species that resembles ergot of rye in its metabolic action; its black spores on the ears of corn are dispersed by wind and can cause contamination of laboratory cultures. Synonym: corn ergot, corn smut, Ustilago zeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corn oil | <chemical> Oil from corn or corn plant. Chemical name: Corn oil (12 Dec 1998) |
| corn smut | A species that resembles ergot of rye in its metabolic action; its black spores on the ears of corn are dispersed by wind and can cause contamination of laboratory cultures. Synonym: corn ergot, corn smut, Ustilago zeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard corn | The usual form of corn over a toe joint. Synonym: heloma durum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea corn | <zoology> A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seed corn | A papilloma or wart on the sole of the foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft corn | <dermatology> A corn formed by pressure between two toes, the surface being macerated and yellowish in colour. Synonym: heloma molle. (05 Mar 2000) |