(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:30:44

Ze"a (?), n. [L., a kind of grain, fr. Gr. , ; cf. Skr. yava barley.] Bot.

A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

 

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