Jack_Off_All_Aids t1_ja1m5rb wrote on February 26, 2023 at 4:01 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL: "Popcorn" is not simply a descriptive term, but also refers to a specific variety of corn which has the unique characteristic of being able to pop, while the other five varieties of corn do not have this capability. by greenappletree

No. Variety here is meaning more like '6 general phenotypes' and I'm not interested enough to read what they're referring to. Corn differs in seed coat makeup and endosperm makeup- endosperm being the store carbs that the seed will digest and is for growth

It's really all 1 'variety' and separating them is kind of arbitrary-

Glass gem corn, the really pretty stuff, is a flour corn that will also pop - arbitrary

bucket_overlord t1_jaaycbf wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:57 AM

Yeah with hundreds of different strains of corn, I’d venture to guess that the 6 “varieties” of corn mentioned are similar to how there is basically 2 types of Cannabis: Sativa and Indica. However there are hundreds or thousands of strains of weed, and many of them are hybrids which blur the line between the two “types”.