maize
a pale yellow resembling the color of corn: She wore a lovely maize dress.
Not to be confused with:
maze – labyrinth; any complex system that causes confusion: a maze of government regulations; a state of bewilderment: The crowded street was a maze of pushing and screaming people.
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maize
(māz)n.
1. See corn1.
2. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
[Spanish maíz, from Arawakan mahiz, mahís.]
maize adj.
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maize
(meɪz)n
1. (Plants)
a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
b. the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil. Usual US and Canadian name: corn See also sweetcorn
2. (Colours) a yellow colour
3. (Colours) (as modifier): a maize gown.
[C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
maize
(meɪz)n.
2. a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.
[1545–55; < Sp maíz < Taino mahís]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Maize
Corn.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  maize - 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 timesedible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food corn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plant cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet field corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating popcorn, Zea mays everta - corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat |
| 2. |  maize - a strong yellow color yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
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Translations
ذَرَّةٌذُرَه صَفْراء
kukuřice
majs
maizo
mais
maissi
kukuruz
kukorica
maís
トウモロコシ
옥수수
kukurūzai
kukurūza
koruza
majs
ข้าวโพด
bắpngô
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
maize
n → Mais m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
maize
(meiz) noun (American corn, ~Indian corn) an important cereal, grown especially in America.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
maize
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