Corn

Unlike other grains, which have a husk covering each seed, corn has a set of husks covering the entire seed head, or ear. Also unlike other grains, corn is eaten as a fresh vegetable, although different varieties are grown as grain and as a vegetable.

Corn as a grain is not often cooked whole. More often, it is ground into cornmeal and cooked into a porridge or used in baked goods. Meal can be defined as a coarsely ground grain, as distinguished from flour, which is finely ground grain. Common cornmeal is yellow or white, depending on the variety of corn it is made from.