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INDIAN CORN [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
Zea mays
Latin
DEF

A cultivated American cereal plant (Zea mays) of the grass family, with the grain borne on cobs enclosed in husks.

OBS

maize: term used mostly in British and technical texts.

OBS

corn: term used in Canada by the Canadian Grain Commission and other Federal Agencies and Departments.

OBS

The word "corn" has many different meanings depending on what country you are in. Corn in the United States is also called "maize" or "Indian corn. "In some countries, corn means the leading crop grown in a certain district. Corn in England means wheat; in Scotland and Ireland, it refers to oats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Zea mays
Latin
DEF

Céréale de grande culture de la famille des graminacées.

OBS

maïs : terme en usage au Canada à la Commission canadienne des grains et autres ministères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Zea mays
Latin
CONT

El abastecimiento de España en maíz ha sido uno de los grandes problemas de su política agrícola.

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Record 2 2011-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Grain Growing
DEF

The common smut of Indian corn caused by a fungus(Ustilago maydis) and characterized by grayish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass.

CONT

Like other smut diseases, common smut of corn derives its name from the sooty masses of teliospores found on infected host plants ... The most obvious symptoms are tumor-like galls that vary in size from less than 1 cm to more than 30 cm (0.4-12 inch) in diameter. All meristematic tissues are susceptible to infection. Galls are found most frequently on ears, tassels, stalks, nodal shoots, and mid-ribs of leaves ... Even though galls may form on many above-ground parts of the plant, infection is local (i.e., the host is not colonized systemically). Occasionally, galls develop beneath the soil surface when the apical meristem of a young plant is infected.

OBS

Although Ustilago maydis occurs throughout the world where corn is grown, the occurrence of common smut is localized in Australia where the disease is known as "maize boil smut".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Maladie du maïs causée par un champignon pathogène, Ustilago maydis.

OBS

Ustilago maydis attaque principalement les parties des plantes se trouvant en division cellulaire active. Les symptômes sont des sores gris qui apparaissent sur les tiges, les épis, les feuilles ou les inflorescences. Les sores éclatent après un certain temps et des spores brunes à noires sont libérées. Celles-ci peuvent survivre dans le sol pendant au moins 4 ans. Les plantes sont contaminées par des spores se trouvant dans le sol ou l'air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Cultivo de cereales
CONT

El carbón común del maíz causado por Ustilago maydis, se identifica fácilmente por las agallas tipo tumor que se forman en los tejidos en activo crecimiento. Estas contienen una masa oscura, pulverulenta de teliosporas (esporas del carbón). Las agallas jóvenes se consideran comestibles y en México se conoce a la comida como cuitlacoche (Sin. huitlacoche).

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Record 3 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

The white puffed-out kernels [of Indian corn].

OBS

Usually eaten salted and buttered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Friandise sucrée ou salée, composée de grains de maïs que l'on fait éclater à chaud.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 4 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Red Corn-Another type of Flint or Indian corn. Occasionally used to make flour for tortillas. In Mexico this is used for pozole. Commercially it is used for animal feed.

CONT

Over a period of a few millenniums pre-Columbian people bred most of the major varieties of corn that exist today, including red corn ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Pendant quelques millénaires, les populations précolombiennes ont cultivé la plupart des types de maïs connus aujourd'hui et qui sont : le maïs rouge [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
DEF

Grano entero o grano quebrado grande de maíz que tiene un color de rojo a rojo oscuro en al menos la mitad de su superficie.

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Record 5 2007-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
DEF

An ear of Indian corn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

L'épi de maïs est constitué d'un axe central appelé «rafle» sur lequel sont fixés les grains. L'ensemble est plus moins recouvert par les bractées ou spathes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Biología vegetal
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Record 6 1999-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

a machine for gathering the ears and removing the husks from standing Indian corn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
CONT

Les ramasseurs de maïs comprennent plusieurs types de machine : [notamment] [...] la ramasseuse-dépouilleuse ou corn-picker qui récolte les épis de maïs sur pied, en assure le dépouillement (dépanouillage) et déverse les épis dépouillés dans une remorque tandis que les spathes sont rejetés sur le sol.

OBS

Philippe Candelon, auteur du livre «Les machines agricoles» (tome 2, page 168), explique que les épis de maïs (quelquefois appelés «panouilles») comportent un axe central volumineux appelé rafle qui supporte les grains. Le tout est recouvert par une série de grandes bractées foliacées : les spathes. Dépouiller ou dépanouiller signifie débarrasser les épis de leur spathes.

OBS

«corn-picker» : Emprunt de l'anglais. Pluriel : des corn-pickers.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

A cooked dish of kernels, beans, and, often with green and sweet red peppers.

OBS

An americanism. A term borrowed from the American Indian(Narragansett) misickquatash, ear of corn. A dish consisting of lima beans and kernels of corn cooked together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
OBS

Spécialité régionale d'origine américaine fait de purée de maïs et de haricots.

Spanish

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