[te.o.sin.te] n [MexSp, fr. Nahuatl teocintli, fr. teotl god + cintli dried ears of maize] (ca. 1877): a tall annual grass (Zea mexicana syn. Euchlaena mexicana) of Mexico and Central America that is closely related to and sometimes considered ancestral to maize
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Meaning of TEOSINTE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012