"semiflint" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: semiflints [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semiflint (plural semiflints)
  1. Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
    Sense id: en-semiflint-en-noun-uHJul3zx
  2. Clay that is hard rather than plastic but that lacks the conchoidal fracture pattern of flint.
    Sense id: en-semiflint-en-noun-uAJvMYio Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

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