green corn

Examples (10)

• The farmer knew it was too early to harvest because the corn was still green.
• Fields of green corn stretched to the horizon, promising a good yield if the weather held.
• The prolonged drought stunted the growth, leaving much of the crop as useless green corn.
• In some Native American traditions, festivals celebrate the first harvest of green corn.
• The cattle were let out to graze on the tender shoots of green corn.
• You can't make proper flour from green corn; it needs to be fully ripe and dry.
• A sudden hailstorm flattened entire acres of promising green corn.
• Driving through the countryside, all you could see for miles was waving green corn.
• Economists are worried that the late ripening of the green corn will affect grain prices.
• The children ran through the tall stalks of green corn, playing hide-and-seek.