"teosinte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tiːəʊˈsinteɪ/ [UK], /tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/ [US], /tiːoʊˈsɪnti/ [US] Forms: teosintes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnti Etymology: From French téosinte, from Spanish teocinte, from Classical Nahuatl teocintli, apparently from teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|téosinte}} French téosinte, {{uder|en|es|teocinte}} Spanish teocinte, {{uder|en|nci|teocintli}} Classical Nahuatl teocintli, {{m|nci|teōtl||god}} teōtl (“god”), {{m|nci|cintli||dried maize}} cintli (“dried maize”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} teosinte (countable and uncountable, plural teosintes)
  1. Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
    Zea diploperennis
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grains
    Sense id: en-teosinte-en-noun-17Jnj4gw Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Grains: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 25 25
  2. Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
    Zea perennis
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grains
    Sense id: en-teosinte-en-noun-GSqKOOEE Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Grains: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 25 25
  3. Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
    Zea luxurians
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grains
    Sense id: en-teosinte-en-noun-EUfc9XoL Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Grains: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 25 25
  4. Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
    Zea nicaraguensis
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grains
    Sense id: en-teosinte-en-noun-3x~SnlWi Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Grains: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 25 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (any of several wild maize-like grasses of the genus Zea): 类蜀黍 (Chinese Mandarin), teosintti (Finnish), téosinte [feminine, masculine] (French), teosinto [masculine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'any of several wild maize-like grasses of the genus Zea': 25 25 25 25

Inflected forms

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