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Flint corn

Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the dents in each kernel from which dent corn gets its name. To protect the soft endosperm, each kernel has a hard outer layer…

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Zea mays
Variety
Zea mays var. indurata

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Flint corn

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples32
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Flint corn

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related to history · 12
Flint corn → American, Canada, CE, Flint, Maize, Mexican, Mexico, Native Americans, Researchers, They, USA, Zea
related to Coloration · 6
Flint corn → Glass Gem, Like, Linnaeus, Most, Regional, The
related to Distinctive traits · 6
Flint corn → Because, It, New England's, Summer, Vermont, Year Without
related to Uses · 6
Flint corn → Americas, Columbian, Flint, It, Popcorn, Zea
Species · 1
Flint corn → Zea mays
Variety · 1
Flint corn → Zea mays var. indurata

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corn flint zea mays maize kernel also dent popcorn hard variant soft name yellow coloration variety var indurata species used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Flint cornSpeciesZea mays1.00infobox
Flint cornVarietyZea mays var. indurata1.00infobox
Flint cornrelated to ColorationThe0.60section
Flint cornrelated to ColorationMost0.60section
Flint cornrelated to ColorationLike0.60section
Flint cornrelated to ColorationLinnaeus0.60section
Flint cornrelated to ColorationRegional0.60section
Flint cornrelated to ColorationGlass Gem0.60section
Flint cornrelated to Distinctive traitsBecause0.60section
Flint cornrelated to Distinctive traitsIt0.60section
Flint cornrelated to Distinctive traitsVermont0.60section
Flint cornrelated to Distinctive traitsNew England's0.60section

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