Zea mays

Noun

1.

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 Synonyms: corn, Indian corn, maize

capitulum, cereal, cereal grass, corn, corncob, ear, edible corn, field corn, genus Zea, green corn, Indian corn, maize, popcorn, spike, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea, Zea mays everta, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata