Poaceae Zea mays L.

Corn

Meskwaki - Food, Winter Use Food

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257

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Scientific name: Zea mays L.
USDA symbol: ZEMAM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Corn
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Boiled or parched corn stored for winter use.

RECRD: 1246 id: 44455

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