Zea

Full definition of zea

Noun

1. Any plant of the genus Zea.
• 1948, Wilfred Edward Shewell-Cooper, Continuous Flower Growing (page 83)... 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.