transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtā-ō-ˈsin-tē ]
noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl teōcintli, from teōtl god + cintli dried ears of maize
Date: circa 1877
: a tall annual grass ( Zea mexicana syn. Z. mays mexicana ) especially of the central highlands of Mexico that is closely related to and sometimes considered ancestral to Indian corn