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Definition of Teosintes

Teosinte
Teosinte Te`o*sin"te, n. (Bot.) A large grass (Euchl[ae]na luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Meaning of Teosintes from wikipedia

- the domesticated variant of the four species of teosintes, which are its crop wild relatives. The teosinte origin theory was proposed by the Russian botanist...
- mexicana, Z. m. parviglumis (Balsas teosinte, the ancestor of maize), and Z. m. mays. The first three subspecies are teosintes; the last is maize, or corn, the...
- Look up teosinte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Teosintes are several wild species of gr**** in the genus Zea which are critical components of maize...
- diploperennis, the diploperennial teosinte, is a species of gr**** (family: Poaceae) in the genus Zea and a teosinte (wild relative of maize or corn)....
- Zea perennis, the perennial teosinte, is a true gr**** species in the genus Zea and a teosinte. It is one of the two perennial species in the genus Zea...
- forms galls on all above-ground parts of corn species such as maize and teosinte. The infected corn is edible; in Mexico, it is considered a delicacy, called...
- Florida teosinte and Guatemalan teosinte, is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is a true gr**** and a teosinte. It is native...
- maydis is a pathogenic plant fungus that causes **** disease in maize and teosinte. Plants have evolved efficient defense systems against pathogenic microbes...
- two decades examining the genetic differences and similarities between teosinte and maize and has cloned the major genes that cause the visible differences...
- Helminthosporium maydis, Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Corn, Sorghum, Teosinte". Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2012-03-02. Oda,...