flint corn
noun
a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.
Origin of flint corn
1An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705
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How to use flint corn in a sentence
The tribes of the upper Missouri River had flint corn, flour corn and sweet corn.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreThe crops raised consisted of a small flint corn, rye oats, potatoes and turnips.
Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis ManlyThe white flint corn is the kind usually chosen for hommony; although any kind, possessing the requisite solidity, will do.
Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2) | Edward HazenWhile flint corn appears abundantly on sweet corn ears, on the other hand, sweet corn does not appear upon the flint corns.
Take the trouble to get meal water-ground, from white flint corn, and fresh from the mill.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South | Martha McCulloch Williams
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