whitecorn
Light-colored kernel crop
Whitecorn is corn with pale or white kernels, as opposed to yellow corn.
It's commonly used in Mexican cuisine for tortillas, hominy, and pozole, and tends to have a slightly sweeter, more delicate flavor than yellow varieties.
Also written as two words: white corn.
Cob-bearing cereal crop
- kernelsSeeds within husks
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- hominyAlkali-processed dried kernels
- endospermSeed's internal nutrient tissue
germ · bran · starch · milling · flour · meal · dent · flint
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
- masaNixtamalized corn dough
- posoleMexican hominy stew
- tamaleSteamed filled corn dough
- arepaLatin American cornmeal flatbread
grits · polenta · cornbread · johnnycake · hushpuppy · atole · mote · samp
Removing dry outer covering
- shuckingRemoving outer covering
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cultivationFostering growth through care
irrigation · acreage · silage · drying · crib · bushel · planting · pollination
maize
Cob-bearing cereal crop
endosperm · germ · bran · starch · milling · flour · meal · dent · flint · heirloom
tortilla
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
arepa · grits · polenta · cornbread · johnnycake · hushpuppy · atole · mote · samp · mealie
husking
Removing dry outer covering
cultivation · irrigation · acreage · silage · drying · crib · bushel · planting · pollination · tassel
nutty
Eccentric or almond-flavored
whitecornyellow corn
Golden-hued cereal grain
blue corn · purple corn · Indian corn · sweet corn · field corn
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