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Corn's ancestor "teosinte" is a type of wild grass (lemmy.world)
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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Palm trees are also closely related to grass as well. No rings (so it's kind of not wood), all one "stalk" or whatnot that's alive and wet.