Meaning of semiflint | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Maize or corn that is a hybrid where one parent species is flint and the other has a soft outer hull.
2. Clay that is hard rather than plastic but that lacks the conchoidal fracture pattern of flint.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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