1. [n]  corn developed to be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
2. [n]  corn whose young ears are sweet and suitable for eating as a vegetable

Sweet Corn
Sixty-two poems that celebrate such things as buying corn from a roadside stand, clothes drying on a line, and a group of people fishing off a pier. Ink and watercolor drawings, as well as a variety of typefaces, help to express the mood.

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