DCHP-3

cow corn

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a variety of maize, Zea mays tunicata, having an envelope of husk around each kernel as well as around the entire cob.

Quotations

1832
A plant called cow-corn abounds on the hardwood uplands, on which cattle, that are turned out very lean in the spring to range the woods for food, fatten rapidly.
1963
[Caption] Cow-corn is harvested in Joyceville Institution [Ont.]--a modern farm-type, minimum-security prison.