Maize plant sugar-producing plant starch-producing plant oil-producing plant field corn plant Zea mays L. subsp. mays Zea mays L. ssp. mays PLANTS:ZEMAM2 Zea mays ssp. mays L. Field corn is a general term used in North America for corn varieties other than sweet corn, popcorn, yellow food grade corn used for yellow corn meal or flour and corn starch, and white food-grade corn used for white meal or flour and corn starch. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_corn LanguaL curation note: Searching note--use 'field corn' for any breakfast cereal or snack food having 'corn' as the first ingredient. Field corn is maize of varieties that (in contrast with sweet corn and popcorn) are not, in the United States, grown primarily for consumption as human food in the form of fresh kernels. More than 98% of corn-growing land in the U.S. is in use for field-corn production. Principal field corn varieties are Dent corn, Flint corn, Flour corn (including blue corn (*Zea mays amylacea*), and Waxy corn. corn, field dent corn flint corn maize podcorn zea mays var. indentata (not acc.) zea mays var. indurata (not acc.)