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ZEA MAYS RUGOSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
Synonyms:
green corn; sugar corn; sweet corn; sweet corn plant; Zea mays rugosa; Zea saccharata
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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)