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Zea mays   /zi meɪz/   Listen
Zea mays

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: corn, Indian corn, maize.



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Words linked to "Zea mays" :   sweet corn plant, sweet corn, Zea mays amylacea, popcorn, cereal, sugar corn, edible corn, Zea, capitulum, corn cob, corncob, ear, spike, field corn, Zea saccharata, cereal grass, green corn, corn stalk, cornstalk, genus Zea



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