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popcorn. Certainly known to the Aztecs, popcorn was so named by American settlers on the frontier in the early 19th century. It is a variety of small-eared corn (Zea mays everta), the kernels of which pop open when subjected to dry heat and has also been called “parching corn,” “popped corn,” “pot corn,” “cup corn,” “dry corn,” and “buckshot” over the years. The great quantities of it sold in movie theaters prompted some early movie house corporations to grow thousands of acres of popcorn. |