Pop Corn is popped like not any other seed.
Dehusked rice and wheat is exploded by being cooked to establishe the correct water content. It is then placed in a vessel under about 200 pounds pressure which is released suddenly resulting in the familiar sponge or foam like pieces served as a breakfast cereal.
When I was a kid, I once planted (in a small flowerpot) a kernal of Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn just to see what would happen. It sprouted! A green thing started to grow!
If I had let it continue growing, what would it have been?
If it was a hybrid variety, and I suspect it was, it would be a cornstalk and probably without an ear of corn on it.