[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, a. compar. sweeter; superl. sweetest. oe.
   swete, swote, sote, as. sw=ete; akin to ofries. sw=ete,
   os. sw=oti, d. zoet, g. s"uss, ohg. suozi, icel. saetr,
   soetr, sw. s"ot, dan. s"od, goth. suts, l. suavis, for
   suadvis, gr. ?, skr. sv=adu sweet, svad, sv=ad, to
   sweeten. root175. cf. assuage, suave, suasion.
   1. having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
      saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
      beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
      1913 webster

   2. pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
      sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
      1913 webster

            the breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
      sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
      voice; a sweet singer.
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            to make his english sweet upon his tongue.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   4. pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
      as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
      1913 webster

            sweet interchange
            of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. not changed from a sound or wholesome state. specifically:
      a not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
      b not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
          sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
          1913 webster

   7. plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
      winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
      1913 webster

            canst thou bind the sweet influence of pleiades?
                                                  --job xxxviii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

            mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
            established rule of christian working. --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   note: sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
         sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
         1913 webster

   sweet alyssum. bot. see alyssum.

   sweet apple. bot.
      a any apple of sweet flavor.
      b see sweet-sop.

   sweet bay. bot.
      a the laurel laurus nobilis.
      b swamp sassafras.

   sweet calabash bot., a plant of the genus passiflora
      passiflora maliformis growing in the west indies, and
      producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
      

   sweet cicely. bot.
      a either of the north american plants of the
          umbelliferous genus osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
          and seeds, and white flowers. --gray.
      b a plant of the genus myrrhis myrrhis odorata
          growing in england.

   sweet calamus, or sweet cane. bot. same as sweet
      flag, below.

   sweet cistus bot., an evergreen shrub cistus ladanum
      from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

   sweet clover. bot. see melilot.

   sweet coltsfoot bot., a kind of butterbur petasites
      sagittata found in western north america.

   sweet corn bot., a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
      see the note under corn.

   sweet fern bot., a small north american shrub comptonia
      asplenifolia syn. myrica asplenifolia having
      sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
      

   sweet flag bot., an endogenous plant acorus calamus
      having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
      aromatic taste. it is found in wet places in europe and
      america. see calamus, 2.

   sweet gale bot., a shrub myrica gale having bitter
      fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and dutch
      myrtle. see 5th gale.

   sweet grass bot., holy, or seneca, grass.

   sweet gum bot., an american tree liquidambar
      styraciflua. see liquidambar.

   sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
      purposes.

   sweet john bot., a variety of the sweet william.

   sweet leaf bot., horse sugar. see under horse.

   sweet marjoram. bot. see marjoram.

   sweet marten zool., the pine marten.

   sweet maudlin bot., a composite plant achillea
      ageratum allied to milfoil.

   sweet oil, olive oil.

   sweet pea. bot. see under pea.

   sweet potato. bot. see under potato.

   sweet rush bot., sweet flag.

   sweet spirits of niter med. chem. see spirit of nitrous
      ether, under spirit.

   sweet sultan bot., an annual composite plant centaurea
      moschata, also, the yellow-flowered centaurea
      odorata; -- called also sultan flower.

   sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
      sweetmeats. colloq.

   sweet william.
      a bot. a species of pink dianthus barbatus of many
          varieties.
      b zool. the willow warbler.
      c zool. the european goldfinch; -- called also sweet
          billy. prov. eng.

   sweet willow bot., sweet gale.

   sweet wine. see dry wine, under dry.

   to be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
      special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
      colloq. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   syn: sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
        1913 webster
see also:
sweeter sweetest assuage suave suasion sweet alyssum 
alyssum sweet apple sweet-sop sweet bay laurus nobilis 
sweet calabash passiflora passiflora maliformis sweet cicely osmorrhiza 
myrrhis myrrhis odorata sweet calamus sweet cane sweet flag 
sweet cistus cistus ladanum sweet clover melilot sweet coltsfoot 
petasites sagittata sweet corn corn sweet fern comptonia asplenifolia 
myrica asplenifolia sweet flag acorus calamus calamus sweet gale 
myrica gale sweet willow dutch myrtle gale sweet grass 
sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua liquidambar sweet herbs sweet john 
sweet leaf horse sweet marjoram marjoram sweet marten 
sweet maudlin achillea ageratum sweet oil sweet pea pea 
sweet potato potato sweet rush sweet spirits of niter spirit of nitrous ether 
spirit sweet sultan centaurea moschata centaurea odorata sultan flower 
sweet tooth sweet william dianthus barbatus sweet billy sweet willow 
sweet wine dry wine dry to be sweet on 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

corn \corn\, n. as. corn; akin to os. korn, d. koren, g., dan.,
   sw.,  icel. korn, goth. ka'urn, l. granum, russ. zerno.
   cf. grain, kernel.
   1. a single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
      and maize; a grain.
      1913 webster

   2. the various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
      for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
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   note: in scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
         the united states, to maize, or indian corn see
         sense 3, and in england to wheat.
         1913 webster +pjc

   3. a tall cereal plant zea mays bearing its seeds as
      large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard
      cylindrical ear, the core of which the cob is not
      edible; -- also called indian corn and, in technical
      literature, maize. there are several kinds; as, yellow
      corn, which grows chiefly in the northern states, and is
      yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which
      grows to a great height, and has long white kernels;
      sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender
      varieties, grown chiefly at the north, some of which have
      kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any
      small variety, used for popping. corn seeds may be cooked
      while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped
      from the ear and cooked subsequently. the term indian
      corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn
      having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it
      is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
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   4. the plants which produce corn, when growing in the field;
      the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after
      reaping and before thrashing.
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            in one night, ere glimpse of morn,
            his shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. a small, hard particle; a grain. "corn of sand." --bp.
      hall. "a corn of powder." --beau.  fl.
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   corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft
      candy from molasses or sugar.

   corn bread, bread made of indian meal.

   corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.

   corn cockle bot., a weed agrostemma githago syn.
      lychnis githago, having bright flowers, common in grain
      fields.

   corn flag bot., a plant of the genus gladiolus; --
      called also sword lily.

   corn fly. zool.
      a a small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious
          to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
          called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. the
          common european species is chlorops taeniopus.
      b a small fly anthomyia ze whose larva or maggot
          destroys seed corn after it has been planted.

   corn fritter, a fritter having green indian corn mixed
      through its batter. u. s.

   corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those
      in force in great britain till 1846, prohibiting the
      importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except
      when the price rose above a certain rate.

   corn marigold. bot. see under marigold.

   corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green indian corn
      and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
      u.s.

   corn parsley bot., a plant of the parsley genus
      petroselinum segetum, a weed in parts of europe and
      asia.

   corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn.

   corn poppy bot., the red poppy papaver rhoeas,
      common in european cornfields; -- also called corn rose.
      

   corn rent, rent paid in corn.

   corn rose. see corn poppy.

   corn salad bot., a name given to several species of
      valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
      valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce.
      

   corn stone, red limestone. prov. eng.

   corn violet bot., a species of campanula.

   corn weevil. zool.
      a a small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
      b in america, a weevil sphenophorus zeae which
          attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
          great damage. see grain weevil, under weevil.
          1913 webster
see also:
grain kernel indian corn zea mays maize yellow corn 
white corn southern corn sweet corn pop corn indian corn 
corn ball corn bread corn cake corn cockle agrostemma githago 
lychnis githago corn flag gladiolus sword lily corn fly 
chlorops taeniopus anthomyia ze corn fritter corn laws corn marigold 
marigold corn oyster corn parsley petroselinum segetum corn popper 
corn poppy papaver rhoeas corn rose corn rent corn rose 
corn salad valerianella valerianella olitoria lamb's lettuce corn stone 
corn violet campanula corn weevil sphenophorus zeae grain weevil 
weevil 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sweet corn
     n 1: corn whose young ears are sweet and suitable for eating as a
          vegetable syn: sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn
          plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata
     2: corn developed to be eaten as a vegetable while still young
        and soft syn: green corn
see also:
sugar corn green corn sweet corn plant zea mays rugosa zea saccharata 

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