English > Zea mays: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. |
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| Synonyms | corn, maize, Indian corn |
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| Member of | Zea, genus Zea | Corn |
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| Parts | corn, edible corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food |
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| corncob, corn cob | The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn |
| cornstalk, corn stalk | The stalk of a corn plant |
| ear, spike, capitulum | fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |
| Narrower | field corn | Corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain |
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| popcorn, Zea mays everta | Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat |
| sweet corn, sugar corn, green corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata | A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating |
| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
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| Spanish | adaza, borona, maíz, mijo, millo, zara, zea mays |
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| Catalan | blat de l'Índia, blat de moro, dacsa, moresc, panís, zea mays, Zea mays |
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