Why is corn called Indian corn?

Answer 1

What we call 'Corn' was actually a small grain type of plant that the Myan's manipulated by cross breeding the plant until it had a single husk over multiple seeds, instead of a husk covering each individual seed [kernal] This was to make it easier to farm. 'Shucking' a single husk was much easier than shucking a husk from each seed. They called this plant maize.

Answer 2

"Indian corn" is the type of corn that Native Americans raised. It is a type of flint corn with a hard outside layer. It has since been bread into the kinds we have today, a.k.a. field corn, sweet corn, popcorn, etc.

Answer 3

Indians used the word "maize" to refer to corn.

Answer 4

The word corn came from the word kernel, prononced cornalby indians.

Answer 5

The first sweet corn was called "papoon" by europeon settlers.

Answer 6

Maize