maize

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
   countable, uncountable
3. Corn.
4. A female given name.
5. (American corn, ~Indian corn) an important cereal, grown especially in America. mielie ذُرَه صَفْراء царевица milho kukuřice der Mais majs καλαμπόκιmaíz mais ذرت maissi maïsתירס मक्का kukuruz kukorica jagung maís mais, granoturco とうもろこし (집합적) 옥수수 kukurūzai kukurūza jagung maismaiskukurydza يو ډول بوټى چى په امريكا كښى كرل كيږى milho porumb кукуруза kukurica koruza kukuruz majs ข้าวโพด mısır 玉米 маїс; кукурудза مکئی کا پودا ngô 玉米
   American
6. A male given name.
7. See corn1.
8. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
9. (Plants) a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
   Zea mays,
10. (Colours) a yellow colour
11. (Colours) (as modifier): a maize gown.
    as modifier
12. corn 1 (def. 1).
13. a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.
14. A. N (Brit) → maíz mear of maize → mazorca f, elote m (Mex), choclo m (Andes, S. Cone)
    N

Equivalents

Examples

“But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne.”

“A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.”

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