| 单词 | indian wheat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian wheat Indian wheat n. now historical maize, Zea mays; the grain of this plant; = Indian corn n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > maize plants maizea1544 Indian wheat1578 Guinea wheat1598 corn1608 sweet corn1646 Virginia wheat1651 soft corn1751 zea1760 popcorn1838 pod corn1884 pod maize1904 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. x. 464 They do now call this grayne..in English Turkish Corne, or Indian wheate. 1634 Relation Ld. Baltimore's Plantation (1865) 21 We haue planted since wee came, as much Maize (or Indian Wheate) as will suffice..much more company than we haue. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 173 We found some Maise, or Indian Wheat, which the Negroe Women planted. 1839 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 93 La Salle, recognising the spot where they then were as being one through which he had passed in his former journey, and near which he had hidden some beans and Indian wheat. 1927 G. F. Dow Slave Ships & Slaving i. 8 The maize or Indian wheat being produced in such quantity that much was sold to shipping and to blacks from other parts. 2006 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 29 Oct. 14 f I haven't mentioned the maize, or ‘Indian wheat’, without which we could never have survived. < as lemmas |
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