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popcorn definition

☆ pop·corn (päp′kôrn′)

noun

  1. a variety of Indian corn with small ears and hard, pointed grains which pop open into a white, puffy mass when heated
  2. the popped grains, usually salted and buttered for eating

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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