plant corn

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To put corn seeds in the ground to grow, primarily in AmE.

cornVERB + NOUN

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plant

Examples (10)

  • Farmers in the Midwest usually plant corn in late April or early May.
  • Last year, we decided to plant sweet corn in our backyard garden.
  • Before you can plant the corn, you must prepare the soil properly.
  • He has been planting corn on this family farm since he was a boy.
  • The agricultural cooperative will plant a new variety of genetically modified corn this season.
  • Is it too late in the season to plant corn?
  • Planting corn by hand is a tradition that some small communities still cherish.
  • They used a high-tech tractor to plant the corn with incredible precision.
  • The farmer explained that if you plant the corn too early, a late frost could kill the seedlings.
  • Our plan is to plant corn in this field and soybeans in the adjacent one.