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Is corn a grain or vegetable?


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Botanically speaking, corn is a caryopsis, or dry fruit. Caryopsis is popularly known as a grain. Corn is generally considered a grain, although many people think it is a vegetable. ChaCha!

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Botanically speaking, corn is a caryopsis, or dry frui but is popularly known as a grain.

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When corn is sitting on the cob, all yellow and squishy, it's vegetable, when corn is taken off the cob and dried out, it's grain.

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Corn is either a grain or a vegetable depending on what state it's in. Eaten soft, it's considered a vegetable. ChaCha On!

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