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Answer
The answer to this clue "CORN CORES" is:
Answer: COBS (4 letters)
Explanation
This answer to this riddle feels difficult, but turns out to be very easy once you know the answer. The word Corn itself is used to refer to a variety of different cereal crops like maize, wheat or even oats, depending on which country.
On the other hand the answer COBS actually means "the central cylindrical woody part of the maize ear to which the grains are attached."
Now you can see how Corn Cores and Cobs mean the same thing. The words cobs actually have many more meanings specially in british english, most of which are cereal, grain or food related in someway.
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