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So about english; maize is the plant and corn the product? Or are they used interchangeably?
Corn used to be a general term for grain kernel. Like wheat corn, spelt corn, oat corn and maize π½ corn.
Someone started to use corn interchangeably with maize.
Wait so that means Sweet Corn isn't even corn.
It is, itβs a variety of maize corn.
It might be maize, but it doesn't fit the old definition of corn. Sweet corn is a vegetable when consumed in the immature stage and not a grain.