“zea”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

zea

释义

‖ zea|ˈziːə|
[late and mod.L. zēa, a. Gr. ζειά.]
†1. A Latin name for the grain called spelt. Obs.
1577Googe tr. Heresbach's Husb. 29 Next to Wheate and Barley, foloweth Zea.1611Cotgr., Bled leger, Spelt or Zea; a corne which makes light and sauorie..bread.
2. Bot. Adopted by Linnæus as the name of a genus of graminaceous plants, comprising the one species Z. Mays (sometimes anglicized as zea maize), Maize or Indian corn.
1787tr. Linnæus' Fam. Plants II. 633 Zéa... Indian, or Turkey Wheat.1808Bartram in A. Wilson Amer. Ornith. (1832) I. 8, I fed him with corn, (zea, maize).1820Amer. Jrnl. Sci. II. 46 The smut upon an ear of Zea-Mays.1851Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers i. (1853) 16 The lance-like blades of the zea maize.

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