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Zea

//ˈziː.ə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of the genus Zea.

    "[…] and here the types used are principally the dwarf ones; and those plants of a greater height with decorative foliage like the zeas or variegated maize, which are used to produce the effect of sub-tropical bedding."

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Zea, probably a variant of Cea, named after several placenames in the Iberian peninsula.

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