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09:46 Feb 25, 2001 |
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na | 1) blooming corn, 2) flowering corn 3) blossoming corn |
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Both Explanation: An unfertilized ear of corn consists of female flowers arranged in pairs on a cob. In most varieties, only one flower of each pair develops and is able to reproduce. Each developing flower sends out a long, threadlike silk from its ovary, an egg-bearing structure at the base of the flower. At blossoming time, a mass of silks extends beyond the tip of the husks. school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/c/134160.html ... its dept ev’ry year; And far and near, Bright-wav’d in the sunshine, gold corn-crops were blooming. IV. The snails, too, came swimming, with breasts of black ... www.midhnottsol.org/public/viking/c005_01.html - 15k etc. Corn ... by soybeans and other legume crops. Corn also absorbs water and other ... Corn plants go through different stages ... Sprouting. Blooming. Fruiting. After it is planted ... www.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/nature/corn.htm Good luck. Davorka web |
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1) blooming corn, 2) flowering corn 3) blossoming corn Explanation: If you do a search using: "blossoming corn"; "blooming corn"; "flowering corn", you get 23 hits with #1 72 hits with #2 62 hits with #3 I'd say all three are used; the 2 last ones seem the MOST FREQUENTLY used. Copernic search |
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