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
2. 1. a yellow colour
   2. ( as modifier )

      a maize gown

Word History and Origins

Origin of maize¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of maize¹

C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz

Example Sentences

Maybe I would grow avocados and macadamia nuts, where he grew maize, because that gives me more money for the same piece of land.

From Time

With this hybrid, even when we have small rains, the maize is very good.

From MIT Technology Review

The selling price the government sets for maize is still not very good, unfortunately.

From MIT Technology Review

I’ve been a farmer for six years, mainly of maize, but also coffee and sweet potatoes.

From MIT Technology Review

As much as today’s sweet corn is an improvement over its maize ancestor, the supermarket shelves of tomorrow could be a vast advance beyond what we have today.

From Nautilus

Duarte owns a small plot of land where she grazes cattle and grows beans, maize, bananas, and oranges.

From The Daily Beast

The smells of roasting maize, diesel fumes, and floral soap from the streets of Harare are still seared into my brain.

From The Daily Beast

The Spaniards since have substituted paper for the leaves of maize, in imitation of them.

From Project Gutenberg

They also use the papelotes wrapped in paper and sometimes in the dried leaf of maize.

From Project Gutenberg

The quantity necessary for each horse per day costs about eightpence, and his maize as much more.

From Project Gutenberg

I know not whether I have before mentioned, that a great quantity of maize is cultivated in this part of the kingdom.

From Project Gutenberg

Rice, maize and other grains are raised in large quantities; cotton and tobacco are cultivated.

From Project Gutenberg