dent corn

noun

noun

Etymology Named from the small indentation at the crown of each kernel on a ripe ear of corn.

Field corn with a high soft starch content.

The nondegerming system grinds corn, preferably white dent corn, into meal with little, if any, separation of germ.2000, Karel Kulp, Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Revised and Expanded, page 48:

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