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A tall Mexican and Central American annual plant (Zea mexicana) related to corn and cultivated for fodder.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl teocintli : tetl, sacred + cintli, dried ear of corn.]

teosinte [ˌtiːəʊˈsɪntɪ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall Central American annual grass, Euchlaena mexicana, related to maize and grown for forage in the southern US

[from Nahuatl teocentli, from teotl god + centli dry ear of corn]

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