What's the name of corn?

Another name for corn is: corn, reed, Hosta, corn, cob, millet, corn, Hosta, corn and millet.

Corn (Zea mays? Millet, a Gramineae plant. Also known as corn, corn cob, corn, pearl rice, etc. Originated in Central and South America, it is an important food crop in the world and widely distributed in the United States, China, Brazil and other countries.

The total output of corn in China is second only to rice and wheat. Compared with traditional food crops such as rice and wheat, corn has strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barren tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability.

Corn has high nutritional value and is an excellent food crop. As a high-yield grain crop in China, corn is an important feed source for animal husbandry, aquaculture and aquaculture, and it is also one of the indispensable raw materials for food, medical care, light industry, chemical industry and other industries.

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China has been called "Five Grains" since the Han Dynasty. They are: rice, cereal (millet), millet (sorghum), wheat and glutinous rice (beans). But there is no corn, because the birthplace of corn is not in China.

1492, after Columbus discovered the new continent, the Spanish brought back corn from America, which was called "Indian seed" and soon spread all over the world.

/kloc-In the 6th century, corn was introduced to China as a tribute from foreigners to Emperor China, so it was called "Yumai". Because it came from the west, people called it "Xifanmai" at that time, and later renamed it corn.

Because corn resources are extremely rich, cheap and easy to obtain, it also has many biological activities such as antioxidation, antitumor, hypoglycemic, immunity improvement, bacteriostasis and sterilization. It has broad development and application prospects.

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