Corncob
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corncob-232-692719
title:
Corncob
text:
A corncob also called corn cob or cob of corn, even sometimes horn job in the United States, is the hard core of an ear of maize, bearing the kernels, made up of the chaff, woody ring, and pith. Corncobs contain mainly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. However, during several instances of famine, people have been known to eat the corncobs, especially the foamy middle part. The whole cob or just the middle used to be ground and mixed with whatever type of flour was available. It served as a s
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Central core of corn ear
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corncob
date created:
2005-04-09T00:42:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T23:15:31Z
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13
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