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ZEA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zea mean?

• ZEA (noun)
The noun ZEA has 1 sense:

1. corn

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

Dictionary entry details

• ZEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zea; Zea

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Zea"):

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" is a member of...):

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)

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