Organisms

Zea mays

A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its EDIBLE GRAIN, corn, used as food and animal FODDER.

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Abstract

A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its EDIBLE GRAIN, corn, used as food and animal FODDER.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Corn
  • Indian Corn
  • Maize
  • Teosinte
  • Zea
  • Corn, Indian

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Aspects Covered

20 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

restrict to American corn: for ancient & non-American use of the word "corn", index EDIBLE GRAIN

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History Note

2003(1963)

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  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.250w.822w.966w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Zea mays. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003313. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003313
  2. Zea mays. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
  3. Zea mays. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11575