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• corn and dry measure — ➔ measure1 …   Financial and business terms

• Measure word — This article is about measure words in general. For measure words in Chinese, see Chinese classifier. In linguistics, measure words are words (or morphemes) that are used in combination with a numeral to indicate an amount of some noun. They… …   Wikipedia

• corn-hog ratio — noun : a measure of the relative profitability of producing market pork at different times expressed as the number of bushels of maize equal in market value to 100 pounds of live hogs a profitable corn hog ratio is 11: 1 or higher * * * corn hog… …   Useful english dictionary

• corn poppy — a common Old World poppy, Papaver rhoeas, having bright red flowers. Also called field poppy, Flanders poppy. [1875 80; so called from its growing in grainfields] * * * ▪ plant also called  field poppy , or  Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas) … …   Universalium

• High-fructose corn syrup — (HFCS) is any of a group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to increase its fructose content, and is then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose), becoming a high fructose corn syrup; the types are: HFCS 90 (mostly for… …   Wikipedia

• Waxy corn — (maize) was found in China in 1909. As this plant showed many peculiar traits, the American breeders long used it as a genetic marker to tag the existence of hidden genes in other maize breeding programs. In 1922 a researcher found that the… …   Wikipedia

• Seed corn — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To eat the seed corn — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dry measure — ➔ measure1 * * * dry measure UK US noun [C or U] ► MEASURES a unit or a system of units for measuring dry products that are sold in quantity, such as grain: »In the United States, the bushel is the common dry measure for corn and wheat …   Financial and business terms

• Bar|ley|corn — «BAHR lee KRN», noun. 1. a) a grain of barley. b) the barley plant. 2. a unit of linear measure, about one third of an inch. Bar|ley|corn «BAHR lee KRN», noun. John, 1. a name for intoxicating liquor; alcoholic beverages. 2. a humorous… …   Useful english dictionary

• bar|ley|corn — «BAHR lee KRN», noun. 1. a) a grain of barley. b) the barley plant. 2. a unit of linear measure, about one third of an inch. Bar|ley|corn «BAHR lee KRN», noun. John, 1. a name for intoxicating liquor; alcoholic beverages. 2. a humorous… …   Useful english dictionary