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Meanings of indian corn in English

Portuguese
milho
Catalan
moresc
Spanish
zea mays

Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.

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        Usage of indian corn in English
        1
        By provision pay, is intended, whet, pease, indian corn & pork, proportionally: Also fire wood:
        Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
        2
        Their ordinary food is indian corn, or rice and beans, boiled in water, without fat or salt.
        The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
        3
        In lake Ontario, south side, the five Iroquois nations; our enemies; about 1200 warriors live on indian corn and by hunting.
        Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
        4
        I love the garden; and I love to hoe the Indian corn.
        Lazarre
        5
        The remainder of the Indian corn was got in on the 19th.
        An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and No...
        6
        The Indian Corn is planted in hills and weeded much as tobacco.
        Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commer...
        7
        We laid in some Indian corn and smoked beef for our voyage.
        Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. / Voyages Of Discove...
        8
        Sometimes a common field was fenced in and planted with Indian corn.
        Home Life in Colonial Days
        9
        Indian corn, dry and shriveled, was sometimes shocked as in the States.
        Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras / Being the Rand...
        10
        The trade in maize, or Indian corn, is totally new since 1846.
        The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
        11
        America has furnished to the world tobacco, the potato, and Indian corn.
        Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
        12
        The slaves are generally fed upon salt pork, herrings and Indian corn.
        The Fugitive Blacksmith / or, Events in the History of James W. ...
        13
        In this land Indian corn, tobacco, cabbage, and potatoes grew to perfection.
        The Kentucky Ranger
        14
        She dropped Indian corn and sowed English grain with her own hands.
        Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
        15
        Teosinte is a corn-like plant of much lower growth than Indian corn.
        One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
        16
        They soon came to a little old basket full of Indian corn.
        Stories of American Life and Adventure
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        Translations for indian corn
        Portuguese
        milho
        Spanish
        zea mays
        Indian corn through the time
        Indian corn across language varieties
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        United States of America
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