this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
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[โ€“] wieson@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Corn used to be a general term for grain kernel. Like wheat corn, spelt corn, oat corn and maize ๐ŸŒฝ corn.

Someone started to use corn interchangeably with maize.

[โ€“] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Wait so that means Sweet Corn isn't even corn.