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Zea mays
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Zea mays - 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 timescorn, Indian corn, maizeedible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human foodcorn cob, corncob - the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corncorn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plantcereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; milletgenus Zea, Zea - cornfield corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market graingreen corn, sugar corn, sweet 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 eatingpopcorn, Zea mays everta - corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heatcapitulum, spike, ear - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |
zea mays
 corn cornCorn/maize shoots can be eaten when they resemble large blades of grass that taste like sweet corn. Young maize shoots look like yellow grass and accumulate a powerful antibiotic substance called DIMBOA, a natural defense against pathogenic bacteria and fungus. Corn does not contain the gluten that causes celiac disease. The whole baby corn in husk may also be eaten, silk and all. Corn/maize kernels are very high in starch, which turns into sugar in the body. The really healthy part of the plant is the cornsilk (see Cornsilk)MedicalSeemaizeLegalSeeCornZea mays
Synonyms for Zea maysnoun tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varietiesSynonymsRelated Words- edible corn
- corn
- corn cob
- corncob
- corn stalk
- cornstalk
- cereal
- cereal grass
- genus Zea
- Zea
- field corn
- green corn
- sugar corn
- sweet corn
- sweet corn plant
- Zea mays rugosa
- Zea saccharata
- popcorn
- Zea mays everta
- capitulum
- spike
- ear
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