flint corn

flint corn

noun
a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.

Origin:
1695–1705, Americanism
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Flint corn is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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flint corn

noun
corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm 
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