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Zea mays vs cereal grass

cereal grass vs Zea mays

Zea mays and cereal grass both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Zea mays Yes No No No
cereal grass Yes No No No
As nouns, cereal grass is a hypernym of Zea mays; that is, cereal grass is a word with a broader meaning than Zea mays:
  • Zea mays: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
  • cereal grass: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Other hypernyms of Zea mays include cereal.
Zea mays (noun) cereal grass (noun)
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Difference between Zea mays and cereal grass

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