Main Entry: te·o·sin·te

Pronunciation: \ˌtā-ō-ˈsin-tē\

Function: noun

Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl teōcintli, from teōtl god + cintli dried ears of maize

Date: circa 1877

: a tall annual grass (Zea mexicana syn. Z. mays mexicana) especially of the central highlands of Mexico that is closely related to and sometimes considered ancestral to Indian corn