Thursday, October 18, 2012

Corn (Zea mays)

At Toucheng Leisure Farm, we always  grow corn to give guests the personal touch of watching how a corn plant grows. And of course to harvest and eat them!

Here you can see the flowers of a corn plant!
Then it husks will grow "hairs" which turns from pale yellow,
to reddish pink and when they turn brown, it's time to harvest for a delicious corn on a cob dinner!

 But, is corn a vegetable or a grain?

Corn seed is a vegetable, also a grain  and definitely a fruit!
Corn seeds are  grains- it is a dry seed of a grass specie!~
Corn seed is a vegetable because it is harvested for eating!
The botanical definition of a corn is that it is a fruit!
(Thanks to wiki answers)!

What is your answer! Did you guess right?

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