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corn⋅row

[kawrn-roh]
–noun
1. a type of braid, originating in Africa, in which a narrow strip of hair is plaited tightly against the scalp from front to back or from side to side.
2. Usually, cornrows. a hair style consisting of such braids in close parallel rows.
–verb (used with object)
3. to arrange (hair) in cornrows.

Origin:
1970–75, Americanism; corn 1 + row 1
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corn·row   (kôrn'rō')   
tr.v.   corn·rowed, corn·row·ing, corn·rows
To arrange or style (hair) by dividing into sections and braiding close to the scalp in rows.
corn'row' n.
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