sweet corn plant
- noun
- /swit kɔrn plænt/
:
planta de maíz dulce
- The sweet corn plant thrives in warm, well-drained soil.
Examples
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You can identify a sweet corn plant by its tender, sugary kernels.
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Farmers harvested several rows of sweet corn plants early in the summer.
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The sweet corn plant thrives in warm weather.
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Farmers often grow sweet corn plants in their gardens.
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Farmers harvested several rows of sweet corn plants early in the summer.
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You can identify a sweet corn plant by its tender, sugary kernels.
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Farmers often grow sweet corn plants in their gardens.
Synonyms
7
1.1
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
A type of corn with young sweet ears that people eat as a vegetable
A type of corn with sweet young kernels eaten as food
A type of corn with sweet young ears eaten as a vegetable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'sweet' modifies 'corn', and 'plant' indicates the organism producing it, so a learner who knows the words can infer it is a corn plant with sweet edible kernels. This follows regular English noun modification/compounding and has clear cross‑linguistic parallels, making the meaning immediately derivable.
Etymology
The name sweet corn plant comes from a simple image: a sweet corn plant whose kernels are soft and sugary. Farmers pick these plants young while the kernels are tender, so the phrase means a kind of corn grown for its edible, sweet kernels.