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· New Latin
Zea
2 English words descend from New Latin
Zea
, most common first.
zeaxanthin
A yellow crystalline carotenoid alcohol that occurs widely with lutein, with which it is isomeric, and is the chief pigment of maize
zeist
One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.