It's a dry indehiscent fruit.
Yes, you can plant a corn kernel to grow corn.
To get straight to the point - the silk is on the ear of corn so it can catch the pollen falling from the tassels on top of the corn plant. Each silk is able to produce one kernel of corn.
To successfully grow corn from a kernel, plant the kernel in well-drained soil with plenty of sunlight. Water regularly and fertilize as needed. Monitor for pests and diseases, and harvest when the corn is mature.
Peanut and corn kernel are fruits. The full peanut is a fruit, just the part you eat is the cotyledon (or seed).
it protects the delicate part of the root
Popcorn is a Vegetable; the kernel is the seed of the corn plant.
The corn kernel is the dried seed flesh from a corn plant so the kernels are dried on the cob and go hard. To turn it into popcorn however, because there is a small amount of water in the kernel, after getting very hot it expands and turns the kernel I side out o it is a mini corn explosion.
Corn germ is the embryo inside a corn kernel. Its the little solid part. It's essentially a seed.
Plants in the corn family (Poaceae) include not only corn (Zea mays) but also other cereal grains such as wheat, rice, barley, oats, and sorghum. Grasses like bamboo and sugarcane are also part of the Poaceae family.
Corn is what the entire plant is called. What you're probably thinking about is the part we eat. This is the seed, know in corn plants as the kernel (pronounced as it is spelled), and is located on the stem of the plant on what is called the ear. The ear of corn is surrounded by a husk (really fibrous leaves) that protect it as it is growing. The cob is the part of the ear which is left behind when the kernels are removed. The topmost part of the corn plant is the tassel or the male part of the flower. That's where the pollen forms. Corn relies on wind to carry the pollen from the tassel to the ear which is the female part of the flower. Because the two parts do not normally mature at the same time, self-pollination does not happen.
The tendrils at the end of a corn plant are called silk. Each silk represents a potential kernel of corn, as they are the female reproductive parts of the plant that catch the pollen from the tassels to produce the kernels.
A kernel of corn. Candy corn contains corn syrup which is not real corn, but a product manufactured from corn starch.