I grow tall on a summer stalk in a green field, ache painfully on a worn hiker's toe, and get dipped in sweet sugar syrup to become a legendary Halloween candy. What am I?
Corn
Corn is a grain, a podiatric ailment ('corns' on toes), and the basis of the classic confection candy corn.
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