shoepeg corn

noun

A cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness.

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Meanings

nounshoepeg corn (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA cultivar of sweetcorn with small, narrow kernels, valued for its sweetness.

Origin

From a fancied resemblance of this corn's kernels to shoepegs.

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shoepeg corn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoepeg%20corn

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“shoepeg corn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoepeg%20corn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoepeg corn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoepeg%20corn.

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