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Descriptor English: Zea mays
Descriptor Spanish: Zea mays
Descriptor Zea mays
Entry term(s) choclo
maíz
maíz indio
teocinte
Scope note: Especie de plantas de la familia POACEAE. Es una gramínea alta que se cultiva por su GRANO COMESTIBLE, el maíz, utilizado como alimento y como FORRAJE para los animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Zea mays
Descriptor French: Zea mays
Entry term(s): Maïs
Téosinte
Zea
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.822.966
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003313
Scope note: A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its EDIBLE GRAIN, corn, used as food and animal FODDER.
Annotation: restrict to American corn: for ancient & non-American use of the word "corn", index EDIBLE GRAIN
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 3332
Unique ID: D003313
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/13
Zea mays - Preferred
Concept UI M0005172
Preferred term Zea mays
Zea - Broader
Concept UI M0005173
Preferred term Zea
Maïs - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0401524
Preferred term Maïs
Téosinte - Narrower
Concept UI M0405793
Preferred term Téosinte



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