Zea

See also: zea and zèa

Translingual

Zea mays, ripe

Etymology

From New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”).

Proper noun

Zea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the teosintes, a group of large grasses that includes maize.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Sacchareae - tribe; Tripsacinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Zea sect. Zea, Zea sect. Luxuriantes - sections
  • Zea mays - type species; Zea diploperennis, Zea luxurians, Zea mexicana, Zea nicaraguensis, Zea perennis - other accepted species

References

• Zea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zea (Poaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zea at USDA Plants database
• Zea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Zea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Zea at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Zea at The Plant List

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Zea (plural Zeas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zea is the 20019^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1337 individuals. Zea is most common among Hispanic/Latino (67.39%) and White (31.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zea”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.