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ZEA SACCHARATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zea saccharata mean?
• ZEA SACCHARATA (noun)
The noun ZEA SACCHARATA has 1 sense:
1. a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
Familiarity information: ZEA SACCHARATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 saccharata" 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 saccharata" is a part of...):
corn; edible corn (ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food)
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