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HARD CORN [6 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A corn most often situated in areas of excessive pressure, such as on the dorsum of flexed inter-phalangeal joints, especially on the fifth toe, with a horny core of conical shape extending down into the derma, causing pain and irritation.

OBS

hard corn : term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Cor formé d'une masse saillante de tissu corné possédant un noyau central et siégeant habituellement à la face dorsale des articulations interphalangiennes ou sous les têtes métatarsiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 2 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
Zea mays convar. indurata
Latin
DEF

[A] type [of corn that] has a smooth kernel and either a complete absence of soft starch or a limited amount fully surrounded by hard endosperm.

OBS

Grain food product.

OBS

flint corn: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Zea mays convar. indurata
Latin
OBS

[...] grains assez gros, arrondis, durs; l'albumen corné enveloppe entièrement son centre farineux [...]

OBS

maïs corné; maïs vitreux : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Zea mays convar. indurata
Latin
DEF

Maíz [que] tiene los granos de forma redondeada [con] un albumen de estructura vítrea con bastante harina en el centro.

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Record 3 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

Said of grains of corn which consist of hard, translucent endosperm.

OBS

e.g. flinty grains of corn, as opposed to dent corn

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Se dit d'un grain de maïs extrêmement dur et ferme.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un caractère du grain de maïs, par opposition à «denté».

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 4 2010-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forage Crops
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Zea mays convar indentata
Latin
CONT

Dent Corn. If a typical dent kernel is viewed in cross section, the outer portion, which consists of hard endosperm, will appear horny and translucent.... During drying, shrinkage is greatest in the soft endosperm, causing the top of the kernel to become depressed, hence the name "dent".

OBS

Agricultural food products (Cereals).

OBS

dent corn; Zea mays convar indentata: Terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Zea mays convar indentata
Latin
OBS

Variété de maïs (Zea mays indentata).

OBS

Maïs denté : Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • maïs dent de cheval

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Zea mays convar indentata
Latin
CONT

Zea mays L. var. indentata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey: es la variedad botánica más cultivada en el mundo; comúnmente se le conoce como maíz dentado (dent corn), debido a que al madurar, sus granos presentan una depresión en el extremo distal.

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Record 5 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A vegetable taken from standard maize(corn) plants haversted early, while the ears are very small and immature, that is eaten whole, cob and all, in contrast to mature maize, whose cob is typically too hard for human consumption.

OBS

It is consumed both raw and cooked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Maïs miniature. Épi immature [...] très populaires dans la cuisine thaïlandaise et chinoise, leur goût est cependant assez éloigné de celui du maïs frais.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

The use of lye to remove the skin of fruits for canning or for the removal of the hard outer covering of the corn kernel in the preparation of hominy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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