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teosinte

te·o·sin·te [ tày ō síntee, t ə síntee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
tall Central American annual grass: a tall annual grass grown for forage, related to, and perhaps the ancestor of, corn. Native to: Mexico, Central America.  Latin name Zea mexicana.

[Late 19th century. Via French téosinté< Nahuatl teocintli]
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