blue corn

noun

: corn that has bluish kernels used to make flour and is grown especially in the southwestern U.S.

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Get an order of blue corn tacos at The Hidden Kitchen, which serves breakfast and lunch. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025 Treatments harness native ingredients—blue corn, mesquite, and desert sage—and each therapy is designed to balance body, mind, and spirit. David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 Vulture’s take on Rockefeller scoops artichoke-spinach dip into blue corn shells and subs in a seared slab of local lion’s mane mushroom for sirloin in the steak Diane. Candice Woo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025 And Chef Eduardo Ruiz of LA’s Chicas Tacos whipped up beef birria and queso tacos plus a vegan cauliflower and mushroom taco on blue corn tortillas. Andrew Watman, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue corn

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blue corn was in 1722

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“Blue corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20corn. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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