cob

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California earlier this year rejected citizen-led proposals to adopt cob, hemp-lime and light straw clay in its code, and recently rejected a petition to reconsider.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Squash is the standout in this chowder, which is surprising because it is paired with freshly shucked, cut from the cob, absolutely divine, sweet corn.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

The researchers did find genes related to cob size -- perhaps representing an increased yield potential -- and flowering time, which likely helped maize, a tropical crop, to grow at higher latitudes with longer days.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

Indeed, the only maize sample the team found without mexicana ancestry was a 5500-year-old cob from the southern coast of Peru, thousands of kilometers away from where the hybridization was taking place.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023

They have all kinds of sides too, including four kinds of corn: on the cob, spicy, regular, or creamed.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle