[In F. téosinté (Bull. Soc. d’Acclim., 1871, 38), ad. Mex. teocintli ‘seu spica Maizii montana’ (Hernandez, Op. 1790, II. 120), app. f. teotl god + cintli, centli dry ear or cob of maize. In Ramirez, Sinon. Plant. Mex., 67 teoxintli.] An annual grass of Central America, Euchlæna luxurians, of large size, allied to maize; now widely cultivated as a valuable fodder plant, sometimes also as a cereal.
1877. Gardener’s Chron., 55. Teosinta.
1878. Kew Report, 13. Téosinté.
1880. Schomburgk (S. Australia), in Kew Bulletin (1894), 380. I have now cultivated Teosinte for three years, and it is one of the most prolific fodder plants. Ibid. (1894), Nov., 375. A very valuable fodder grass belonging to this group is the Teosinte (Euchlæna luxurians). Ibid., 381. The great value of Teosinte as a food plant has been established in many parts of India.
189[?]. Experiment Station Recd., IX. 346. Analyses were made of samples of corn-stover and teosinte from the inside and outside of the shocks.
