INDIAN CORN, in botany, a genus of the monoecia triandra clas. The calix of the male is a double flowered glume, without any awn; the corolla is likewise a glume, without any awn; the calix and corolla of the male consists each of two valves; the stylus is filiform, and pendulous; and the seeds are solitary, being sunk in an oblong receptacle. There is but one species, a native of America.