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ZEA MAYS RUGOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zea mays rugosa mean? 

ZEA MAYS RUGOSA (noun)
  The noun ZEA MAYS RUGOSA has 1 sense:

1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eatingplay

  Familiarity information: ZEA MAYS RUGOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZEA MAYS RUGOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

green corn; sugar corn; sweet corn; sweet corn plant; Zea mays rugosa; Zea saccharata

Hypernyms ("Zea mays rugosa" is a kind of...):

corn; Indian corn; maize; 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 times)

Holonyms ("Zea mays rugosa" is a part of...):

corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)


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