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Zea mays

noun

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: ↑corn, ↑maize, ↑Indian corn

• Derivationally related forms: ↑corn (for: ↑corn)

• Hypernyms: ↑cereal, ↑cereal grass

• Hyponyms:

↑field corn, ↑sweet corn, ↑sugar corn, ↑green corn, ↑sweet corn plant, ↑Zea mays rugosa, ↑Zea saccharata, ↑popcorn, ↑Zea mays everta

• Member Holonyms: ↑Zea, ↑genus Zea

• Part Meronyms:

↑corn, ↑edible corn, ↑corncob, ↑corn cob, ↑cornstalk, ↑corn stalk, ↑ear, ↑spike, ↑capitulum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.