Indian corn

== English == === Etymology === Before the Columbian Exchange, the English word corn meant any of various cereal grains, with usage much like the word grain is often used today. When maize, a New World crop, was introduced to English-speakers, they called it Indian corn as a natural term for "the kind of corn (grain) that comes from the Indies." Eventually English-speakers in North America came to use the word corn to mean maize when not otherwise specified, and they came to use the term Indian corn to mean a certain fancy type of maize. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Indian corn (uncountable) (obsolete) Maize. A variety of maize in which the kernels are variously coloured, rather than being all of the same colour. Synonyms: flint corn, calico corn A variety of candy corn that contains chocolate in addition to honey-based candy. ==== Derived terms ==== corn (“maize”) ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: india-corn ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====