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"Teosinte" Definition

noun

A tall Mexican and Central American annual plant (Zea mexicana) related to corn and cultivated for fodder.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of several tall annual or perennial grasses (genus ) of Mexico and Central America that have small dark triangular seeds and include two species ( and syn. ) which are closely related to and often considered ancestral to corn.

Source: Merriam-Webster

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