green corn

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [green kawrn]
- /grin kɔrn/
- /ɡriːn kɔːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [green kawrn]
- /grin kɔrn/

Definitions of green corn words

noun green corn sweet corn (def 2). 1
noun green corn young ears of sweet corn, in the milky stage 0

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Origin of green corn

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1800-10

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Green corn

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Green corn

green corn popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

green corn usage trend in Literature

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