The Clue
Clavus (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CORN
Tags
Notes
The answer CORN is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Definition
CORN as a noun:
1. (corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays) = tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
2. the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
3. (corn, edible corn) = ears of corn grown for human food
4. (corn, clavus) = a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
5. (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in England or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
6. (corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn) = whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
7. something sentimental or trite; "that movie was pure corn"
CORN as a verb:
1. feed (cattle) with corn
2. preserve with salt; "corned beef"