zea mays

Noun zea mays has 1 sense

• zea mays(n = noun.plant) corn, indian corn, maize - 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;
has parts: corn, edible corn, corn cob, corncob, corn stalk, cornstalk, capitulum, ear, spike
is a kind of cereal, cereal grass
is a member of genus zea, zea
has particulars: field corn, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata, popcorn, zea mays everta