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英 [kɔːn] 美[kɔrn]

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n. （美）玉米；（英）谷物；[皮肤] 鸡眼
vt. 腌；使成颗粒
n. (Corn)人名；(英、法、瑞典)科恩

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The boat, traveling between Nicaragua’s Big Corn Island and LittleCorn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.

As a result, wheat prices elsewhere more than doubled, pulling rice and corn prices up with them.

The boat, traveling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island turned over Saturday near the larger island.

In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.

What does the author mean by saying "savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest" (Lines 3-4, Para

But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass-fed is the more cost-effective model.

The rest is feed-lot confined and fed grain and corn.

A taste for meat is actually behind the change: an important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle.

Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over the past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

Corn uses less water than rice and creates less fertilizer (化肥) runoff.

Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots.

In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity in the new year.

Since 2011, the country has grown more corn than rice.

Production of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat has been largely mechanized, but many high-value, labor-intensive corps, such as strawberries, need labor.