> The word "corn" outside the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand refers to any cereal crop, its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the lo

> The word "corn" outside the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand refers to any cereal crop, its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the local staple.[33][34] In the United States,[33] Canada,[35] Australia, and New Zealand,[36] corn primarily means maize; this usage started as a shortening of "Indian corn".[33] "Indian corn" primarily means maize (the staple grain of indigenous Americans), but can refer more specifically to multicolored "flint corn" used for decoration.[37] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize#Names