"Corn" is a European term for general grain; I think they call what we call "corn" by its proper name, "maize".
I think what happened was that the first Europeans who hit America's shores saw Native Americans grinding dried maize and assumed it was like their wheat/barley/rye/etc, and tagged it as "corn".
It's a very starchy vegetable, hence it's ability to be ground and used as flour, but it is a veggie. *g*
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Date: 2004-04-08 11:00 am (UTC)I think what happened was that the first Europeans who hit America's shores saw Native Americans grinding dried maize and assumed it was like their wheat/barley/rye/etc, and tagged it as "corn".
It's a very starchy vegetable, hence it's ability to be ground and used as flour, but it is a veggie. *g*