A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 293
st buds, and forming the reproductive portion of suchplants when they are not caulescent; as in the genera Colchicum, Crocus, &c. It is a short roundish rhizoma. CORN. The seeds of certain grasses which have beenused as food, for man or animals, from time immemorialare called corn ; and those… … CORN. the seeds of the buckwheat, the quinoa, and those of cer-tain leguminous plants, which, however, are more properlydenominated pulse. That which constitutes any kind ofseed a corn seems to be its having been generally groundinto meal, and used as human food; because seeds whichare ground or…
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