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semiflint

semiflint noun: maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.

Noun

semiflint (plural semiflints)

  1. Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
    • Although its influence is clearly visible in many Criollo semiflints collected in 1954, "Maiz Gibara" is not popular with the small farmer who grows corn for home consumption.1957, William H. Hatheway, Races of Maize in Cuba, page 28
    • They include red flints and semiflints, red dents, purple, mixed yellow and white, and variegated colors.2005, James C McCann, Maize and Grace, page 84
  2. Clay that is hard rather than plastic but that lacks the conchoidal fracture pattern of flint.
    • The calory- temperature curve for the flints and semiflints resembled one another very closely. The semiflints required a little greater heat to 1000°C.1927, Bulletin - Volumes 36-48, page 266

Forms of semiflint

pluralsemiflints

Questions about semiflint

What does semiflint mean?
Semiflint means maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
What part of speech is semiflint?
Semiflint is a noun.
What is the plural of semiflint?
The plural of semiflint is semiflints.

Words near semiflint in the dictionary

  1. semiflexing
  2. semiflexion
  3. semiflexions
  4. semiflexure
  5. semiflightless
  6. semiflint
  7. semiflints
  8. semifloret
  9. semiflorets
  10. semifloscular
  11. semifloscule

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