corncob

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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corn·cob /ˈkɔːnkɒb $ ˈkɔːrnkɑːb/ (also cob) noun [countable] DFHBPthe hard part of a corn plant that the yellow seeds grow on 玉米穗轴，玉米芯

Examples from the Corpus

corncob• a corncob pipe

corn·cob nounChineseSyllable

of hard corn a Corpus part that plant the

corncob
corn‧cob /ˈkɔːnkɒb $ ˈkɔːrnkɑːb/

(also cob) noun [countable]
the hard part of a corn plant that the yellow seeds grow on

corn·cob

BrE

/ˈkɔːnkɒb/

NAmE

/ˈkɔːrnkɑːb/

(

especially BrE

)

(

also cob

NAmE,

BrE

)

noun

the long hard part of the

(

corn

) plant that the rows of yellow grains grow on 玉米芯；玉米穗轴