Etymology

zea

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Today it means: Any plant of the genus Zea. Full definition →

Spanish Zea
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromZea
  2. English todayZea

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

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