blat de moro

Catalan

Etymology

Literally, Moor's wheat.

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Noun

blat de moro m (plural blats de moro)

  1. corn (maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays)
    Synonyms: dacsa, milloc, moresc, panís, blat de l'Índia
    • 2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 23:
      El gra més utilitzat en aquests moments per obtenir etanol és el blat de moro, especialment als EUA (pàgina 426).
      The most used grain right now for getting ethanol is corn, especially in the US (page 426).

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