单词 | teosinte |
释义 | teosinte[ tee-uh-sin-tee, tey- ] / ˌti əˈsɪn ti, ˌteɪ- / nouna tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant. Origin of teosinte1875–80; <Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl teōcintli, equivalent to teō(tl) god + cintli dried ear of maize Words nearby teosinteTen Years' War, Tenzing, Tenzing Norgay, teocalli, Teófilo Otoni, teosinte, Teotihuacán, tepal, tepary bean, tepe, tepee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for teosinte
British Dictionary definitions for teosinteteosinte / (ˌtiːəʊˈsɪntɪ) / nouna tall Central American annual grass, Euchlaena mexicana, related to maize and grown for forage in the southern US Word Origin for teosinteC19: from Nahuatl teocentli, from teotl god + centli dry ear of corn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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