Corn

Corn, a general term for the seeds of cereal plants, thus including all the kinds of grain which form the food of men or horses. But it has also a specific sense, and denotes in any country that grain which furnishes the prevalent bread-stuff of the people. Thus, in England, corn generally means wheat; in the United States, maize; and in Scotland, oats. The word not only occurs in all the Teutonic tongues, but is seen also in Lat. granum, and Russian zerno. See CEREALIA, and special article WHEAT, &c. See CORNS for a different word.