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Meaning of maize | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Corn.
  2. (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
  3. See corn1.
  4. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
  5. (Plants) a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
    Zea mays,
  6. (Colours) a yellow colour
  7. (Colours) (as modifier): a maize gown.
    as modifier
  8. corn 1 (def. 1).
  9. a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.
  10. A. N (Brit) → maíz mear of maize → mazorca f, elote m (Mex), choclo m (Andes, S. Cone)
    N

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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