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maize

[ meyz ]

noun

  1. (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn 1( def 1 ).
  2. a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.


maize

/ meɪz /

noun

  1. Also calledIndian corn
    1. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
    2. the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil Usual US and Canadian namecorn See also sweet corn
    1. a yellow colour
    2. ( as modifier )

      a maize gown

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of maize1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Spanish maíz, from Taíno (Hispaniola) mahís
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maize1

C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz
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Example Sentences

Before his accident he often helped his father on the family farm where they grew maize, sorghum and other grains.

From BBC

Like tomatoes, maize and potatoes, the pumpkin is indigenous to the Americas, with the earliest evidence of pumpkin consumption dating as far back as 8,000BC in Oaxaca, Mexico.

From Salon

Pumpkins and squash were commonly grown and eaten with maize and beans; a combination sometimes called the "three sisters".

From Salon

“You can learn a lot” about a person from how they behave in a corn maze, said Brett Herbst, who said he built the first one west of the Mississippi in 1996, and now has a company, the Maize, that designs and builds them each fall for farmers around the country.

Herbst, founder of the Maize, said the first commercial corn maze he knows of was grown by a farmer in the early 1990s.

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