| 单词 | Zea mays |
| 释义 | Zea mays (once / 159721 pages) n WORD FAMILY Zea mays USAGE EXAMPLESOf all the species that have adapted to thrive in a world dominated by humans, surely no other has done better than Zea mays. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma(2006) Corn.—Maize or Indian corn is the seed of a plant, Zea mays, a member of the grass family. Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw), Commercial Geography—A Book for Hig...(2010) Indian corn, Zea mays, is a plant of American origin. Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy), Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Vo...(2010) n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper Indian corn, corn, maize field corn corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn planta corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating Zea mays everta, popcorncorn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat Zea mays indentata, dent corncorn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn, flint maizecorn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm Zea mays amylacea, flour corn, soft corn, squaw corncorn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch cereal, cereal grass grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet |
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