zean.

Brit.

/ˈziːə/, U.S.

/ˈziə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zea.

Etymology: < classical Latin zea emmer wheat (Pliny), in post-classical Latin also one-grained wheat (6th cent.) < ancient Greek ζειά (in Hellenistic Greek also ζεά ) emmer wheat, in Hellenistic Greek also one-grained wheat, probably < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit yava grain, barley, Avestan yauua grain, Lithuanian javas grain, cereal. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Zea, genus name ( Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 971).

†1. The grain spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant

spelta1000

farc1420

ador?1440

flaxen wheat?1523

Peak-wheat?1523

red wheat?1523

white wheat?1523

duck-bill wheat1553

zea1562

alica1565

buck1577

amelcorn1578

horse-flower1578

tiphe1578

pollard1580

rivet1580

Saracen's corn1585

French wheat1593

Lammas-wheat1594

starch corn1597

St. Peter's corn1597

frumenty1600

secourgeon1600

polwheat1601

duck-wheat1611

kidneys of wheat1611

ograve wheat1616

soft wheat1640

cone-wheat1677

Lammas1677

Poland wheat1686

Saracen corn1687

pole rivet1707

Smyrna wheat1735

hard wheat1757

hen corn1765

velvet wheat1771

white straw1771

nonpareil1805

thick-set wheat1808

cone1826

farro1828

Polish wheat1832

velvet-ear wheat1837

sarrasin1840

mummy wheat1842

snowdrop1844

Red Fife1857

flint-wheat1859

dinkel1866

thick-set1875

spring1884

macaroni wheat1901

einkorn1904

marquis1906

durum1908

emmer1908

hedgehog wheat1909

speltoid1939

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 131^v There are two kindes of zea whereof the one is called single and the other two cornes because it hath the sede ioyned together in two chaffy coueringes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 29 Next to Wheate and Barley, foloweth Zea [L. Zea].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bled leger, Spelt or Zea; a corne which makes light and sauorie..bread.

1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. xvii. 422/2 Take wheat flour, or of Zea, or Maizi; (which are outlandish grain privatly commended) or crums of Bread.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Triticum sive Olyra The Ear is sharply bearded like Barley, whose Grains or Corns being enclosed in chaffy Husks, like unto Zea, are, when cleansed, like unto Wheat.

1771 M. Peters Winter Riches viii. 229 (heading) Zea, or spelt corn..seems to be a species between wheat and barley.

1800 J. Franklin Hist. Anc. & Mod. Egypt I. v. 360 These, with their zea (bread), onions, melons, dates, and other delicious fruits, composed the standing dishes of the food of the Egyptians.

1849 J. M. Wilson Rural Cycl. IV. 676/1 They comprise, among other kinds, the species called zea or far, Bengal wheat, starch wheat, and one-grained wheat.

2. A cereal grass of the genus Zea; spec. maize, Z. mays; the seeds of such a plant collectively. Also (in form Zea): the genus itself.

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

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xiv. 37 In respect to length, it may be Filiform, Thread-like, as in Zea; or as long as the Style, as in Genipa.

1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants II. 633 Zéa... Indian, or Turkey Wheat.

1808 W. Bartram in A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 16 I turned him loose in the green-house, and fed him with corn, (zea, maize).

1891 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1890–1 26 158 (heading) Upon a wild Species of Zea from Mexico.

1918 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 45 329 This is considered evidence that Zea is a hybrid between the two extremes.

1969 S. A. Matz Cereal Sci. ii. 49 Zea is a robust, erect annual grass.

2010 J. E. Staller Maize Cobs & Cultures iv. 190 Pollen researchers distinguish Zea from other grass genera on the basis of the maximum length diameter of the grain.

Compounds

zea maize n. [after scientific Latin Zea mays ( Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 971)] now rare maize, Zea mays; (also) the seeds of this plant collectively.

ΚΠ

1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. iii. viii. 96 The zea maize was the only farinaceous gramen cultivated by the Americans before the arrival of the Europeans.

1853 M. Reid Rifle Rangers (new ed.) i. 16 The lance-like blades of the zea maize.

1917 E. B. Stanton Fata Morgana 144 The maiden gave him..portions of an Indian preparation of the ‘zea maize’.

2005 Evening Standard 10 Aug. (Homes & Prop. section) 31/2 The Malaysian Garden is home to edible exotics..as well as global staples, notably zea maize, amaranth and soya bean.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	zea
释义	zean. Brit. /ˈziːə/, U.S. /ˈziə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin zea. Etymology: < classical Latin zea emmer wheat (Pliny), in post-classical Latin also one-grained wheat (6th cent.) < ancient Greek ζειά (in Hellenistic Greek also ζεά ) emmer wheat, in Hellenistic Greek also one-grained wheat, probably < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit yava grain, barley, Avestan yauua grain, Lithuanian javas grain, cereal. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Zea, genus name ( Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 971). †1. The grain spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant spelta1000 farc1420 ador?1440 flaxen wheat?1523 Peak-wheat?1523 red wheat?1523 white wheat?1523 duck-bill wheat1553 zea1562 alica1565 buck1577 amelcorn1578 horse-flower1578 tiphe1578 pollard1580 rivet1580 Saracen's corn1585 French wheat1593 Lammas-wheat1594 starch corn1597 St. Peter's corn1597 frumenty1600 secourgeon1600 polwheat1601 duck-wheat1611 kidneys of wheat1611 ograve wheat1616 soft wheat1640 cone-wheat1677 Lammas1677 Poland wheat1686 Saracen corn1687 pole rivet1707 Smyrna wheat1735 hard wheat1757 hen corn1765 velvet wheat1771 white straw1771 nonpareil1805 thick-set wheat1808 cone1826 farro1828 Polish wheat1832 velvet-ear wheat1837 sarrasin1840 mummy wheat1842 snowdrop1844 Red Fife1857 flint-wheat1859 dinkel1866 thick-set1875 spring1884 macaroni wheat1901 einkorn1904 marquis1906 durum1908 emmer1908 hedgehog wheat1909 speltoid1939 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 131^v There are two kindes of zea whereof the one is called single and the other two cornes because it hath the sede ioyned together in two chaffy coueringes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 29 Next to Wheate and Barley, foloweth Zea [L. Zea]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bled leger, Spelt or Zea; a corne which makes light and sauorie..bread. 1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. xvii. 422/2 Take wheat flour, or of Zea, or Maizi; (which are outlandish grain privatly commended) or crums of Bread. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Triticum sive Olyra The Ear is sharply bearded like Barley, whose Grains or Corns being enclosed in chaffy Husks, like unto Zea, are, when cleansed, like unto Wheat. 1771 M. Peters Winter Riches viii. 229 (heading) Zea, or spelt corn..seems to be a species between wheat and barley. 1800 J. Franklin Hist. Anc. & Mod. Egypt I. v. 360 These, with their zea (bread), onions, melons, dates, and other delicious fruits, composed the standing dishes of the food of the Egyptians. 1849 J. M. Wilson Rural Cycl. IV. 676/1 They comprise, among other kinds, the species called zea or far, Bengal wheat, starch wheat, and one-grained wheat. 2. A cereal grass of the genus Zea; spec. maize, Z. mays; the seeds of such a plant collectively. Also (in form Zea): the genus itself. 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 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xiv. 37 In respect to length, it may be Filiform, Thread-like, as in Zea; or as long as the Style, as in Genipa. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants II. 633 Zéa... Indian, or Turkey Wheat. 1808 W. Bartram in A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 16 I turned him loose in the green-house, and fed him with corn, (zea, maize). 1891 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1890–1 26 158 (heading) Upon a wild Species of Zea from Mexico. 1918 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 45 329 This is considered evidence that Zea is a hybrid between the two extremes. 1969 S. A. Matz Cereal Sci. ii. 49 Zea is a robust, erect annual grass. 2010 J. E. Staller Maize Cobs & Cultures iv. 190 Pollen researchers distinguish Zea from other grass genera on the basis of the maximum length diameter of the grain. Compounds zea maize n. [after scientific Latin Zea mays ( Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) I. 971)] now rare maize, Zea mays; (also) the seeds of this plant collectively. ΚΠ 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. iii. viii. 96 The zea maize was the only farinaceous gramen cultivated by the Americans before the arrival of the Europeans. 1853 M. Reid Rifle Rangers (new ed.) i. 16 The lance-like blades of the zea maize. 1917 E. B. Stanton Fata Morgana 144 The maiden gave him..portions of an Indian preparation of the ‘zea maize’. 2005 Evening Standard 10 Aug. (Homes & Prop. section) 31/2 The Malaysian Garden is home to edible exotics..as well as global staples, notably zea maize, amaranth and soya bean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1562
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