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teosinte
(redirected from Zea diploperennis)

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te·o·sin·te  (t-snt, t-)
n.
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]
n
(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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