Maize

//meɪz// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a strong yellow color wordnet
  3. 3
    tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name.
  3. 3
    A male given name.

Synonyms

All synonyms
cornindian corncorncolorgambogegamboge

Example

More examples

"Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.

Related phrases

Hopi maizemaize dancemaize mushroommaize on the cobmaize syrupmaize weevilaztec cornconfusing pathcorn indianindian cornnative peoplezea mays

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