Fruit vegetables

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Chapters: Squash, Bean, Pea, Breadfruit, Plantain, Cucumber, Luffa, Maize, Pumpkin, Bitter melon, Calabash, Okra, Chayote, List of vegetables in Assam, Zucchini, Cordia, Physalis peruviana, Ackee, Coccinia grandis, Solanum sisymbriifolium, Winter melon, Winged bean, Jalapeño, Caigua, Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, Green bean, Tomatillo, Calabaza, Solanum pimpinellifolium, Ibicella, Charantin, Snap pea, Luffa acutangula, Trichosanthes cucumerina, Tinda, Armenian cucumber, Trichosanthes dioica, Gherkin, Luffa aegyptiaca, Raphanus caudatus, Cucumis anguria, Melothria scabra. Excerpt: Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays, pronounced ), known in many English-speaking countries as corn, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The Aztecs and Mayans cultivated it in numerous varieties throughout central and southern Mexico, to cook or grind in a process called nixtamalization. Later the crop spread through much of the Americas. Between 1700 and 1250 BCE, the crop spread to all corners of the region. Any significant or dense populations in the region developed a great trade network based on surplus and varieties of maize crops. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, explorers and traders carried maize back to Europe and introduced it to other countries through trade. Maize spread to the rest of the world due to its popularity and ability to grow in diverse climates. Maize is the most widely grown crop in the Americas with 332 million metric tons grown annually in the United States alone (although 40% of the crop - 130 million tons - is used for corn ethanol). Transgenic maize made up 85% of the maize planted in the United States in 2009. While some maize varieties grow to 12 metres (39 ft) tall, most commercially grown maize has been bred for a standardized height of 2.5 metres (8.2 ft). Sweet corn is usually shorter than field-corn varieties. Many small male flowers make up the male inflorescence, called the tasselThe term 'maize' derives from the Spanish form of the indigenous Taino word maiz for the plant. This was the term used in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is now usually called "sweet corn", the most common form of the plant known to people there. Sweet corn is harvested earlier and eaten as a vegetable rather than a grain. Outside the British Isles, another common term for maize is "corn". This was originally the English term for any cereal crop. In North America, its meaning has been restricted since the 19th century to maize, as it was shortened from