Hard growth = corn (on foot)
linked to = adjacent to
Flake = eccentric
cornflake = cereal component
flake1
fleɪk/
noun
noun: flake; plural noun: flakes
1.
a small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece.
"he licked the flakes of croissant off his finger"
synonyms: sliver, wafer, shaving, paring, peeling; More
chip, shard, scale, crumb, grain, speck, spillikin;
fragment, scrap, shred, bit, particle;
skelf;
technicalspall, lamina
"flakes of pastry"
a snowflake.
"the snow was coming down in thick flakes"
Archaeology
a piece of hard stone chipped off for use as a tool by prehistoric humans.
"flake tools"
thin pieces of crushed, dried food or bait for fish.
2.
North Americaninformal
a crazy or eccentric person.