A cobpipe is a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of a corncob, the central woody stem in an ear of corn (or maize). "Cob" is also a name for a hazelnut, and for a crusty loaf of bread with a round top.
What is a present term for the 15th and 16th century transfer of plants, food crops, animals, culture, people, technology, diseases, and ideas between the "New World" of the Americas and the "Old World"?
