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Popcorn   /pˈɑpkˌɔrn/   Listen
Popcorn

noun
1.
Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat.  Synonym: Zea mays everta.
2.
Small kernels of corn exploded by heat.



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"Popcorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... the lake edge, belly prone, men and women lap the water as dogs do, while the festive small boy from the Government bags of poor-house bacon is slyly licking the oozing fat. Of the taste of red-cheeked apples and chewing-gum he is guiltless; popcorn, bananas, and the succulent peanut are alike alien. This pee-mee or oil of bacon is delicious morsel enough for his red palate. We trade a brier pipe with young McDonald, a full-blood, for his beautiful hat-band ...
— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron


Words linked to "Popcorn" :   Indian corn, edible corn, corn, maize, Zea mays


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