green corn

noun

: the young tender ears of corn

Examples of green corn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for green corn

• adorn
• airborne
• blackthorn
• broomcorn
• buckhorn
• buckthorn
• careworn
• firstborn
• foodborne
• forborne
• forewarn
• forlorn