Semiflint
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Semiflint is a noun meaning Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
Meaning
Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
More Meanings
- Clay that is hard rather than plastic but that lacks the conchoidal fracture pattern of flint.
Example Sentences
They include red flints and semiflints, red dents, purple, mixed yellow and white, and variegated colors.
The calory- temperature curve for the flints and semiflints resembled one another very closely. The semiflints required a little greater heat to 1000°C.
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.
Word Forms
- semiflints
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flint, flintware, flintstone, firestone, semifusinite, silex.
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