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Alternative nicknames for the month’s full moon include the honey and/or mead moon (so named for the spring crop of honey gathered from European honeybees) and the blooming moon or green corn moon.
—Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 1 June 2023
This moon is also called the green corn moon.
—Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
The Three Sisters are eaten in the longhouse — the long, communal dwelling — at many of our Haudenosaunee ceremonies and festivals, including the O’rhotsheri (green bean), Okahsero:ta (green corn), Kanen’shon:a (seed) and Ka’khowanen (harvest) ceremonies.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
Food trucks will be selling green corn muffins, crab cake empanadas and more.
—Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
Coming up, Madrid is experimenting with Oaxaca green corn, lemon zest, handfuls of herbs, and castelvetrano olives.
—Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 26 July 2022
The business has since added a menu of vegan dishes like green corn tamales and jalapeño chickpea salad.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2022
La Fama is currently taking Christmas pre-orders for red chile meat and green corn tamales, as well as pineapple or berry dessert tamales.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
Try a simit, a large round sesame bagel, flavored with molasses; or misir, a grilled or boiled corn on the cob, seasoned with salt and served on a bright green corn husk.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
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First Known Use
1645, in the meaning defined above
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“Green corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20corn. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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