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Zea_mays
Zea mays
Translingual
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae – maize or corn (US), domesticated in Central America, now grown worldwide.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Poaceae - family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Sacchareae - tribe; Tripsacinae - subtribe; Zea - genus
Hyponyms
- (genus): Zea mays huehuetenangensis, Zea mays parviglumis - subspecies
Derived terms
See also
- List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia