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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Wisconsin Symbols
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Wisconsin State Grain
Corn
(Zea mays)
Adopted in 1989.
1989 Wisconsin Act 162 amended Section 1.10 to designate corn as the official state grain. Corn was declared the official state Grain in 1989.
Wisconsin Legislature
1.10 State song, state ballad, state waltz, state dance, and state symbols.
(3) The Wisconsin state symbols are as follows:
(d) Corn (Zea mays) is the state grain.
Corn is an important cash crop in Wisconsin. Used for everything from livestock feed, to ethanol fuel, to the cornerstone of a delectable summer barbecue, corn was made the official state grain to bring attention to its many uses.
Description
A coarse annual, culms 60-80 cm high, straight, internodes cylindrical in the upper part, alternately grooved on the lower part with a bud in the groove. The stem is filled with pith. Leaf-blades broad. Has separate staminate (male) and pistillate (female) inflorescences. The staminate inflorescence is a tassel borne at the apex, the pistillate flowers occur as spikes (cobs) rising from axils of the lower leaves. The ovary develops a long style or silk which extends from the cob and receives the pollen from the tassel.
Distribution
Originated in Mexico or Central America, now pan- tropical; also grown as a summer crop in temperate Europe.
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Online High Schools
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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