[ˌtiːəʊˈsɪnteɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a Mexican grass which is grown as fodder and is considered to be one of the parent plants of modern maize


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Origin:
late 19th century: from French téosinté, from Nahuatl teocintli, apparently from teo:tl ‘god’ + cintli ‘dried ear of maize’