maize

maize  (mz)

n.

1. See corn¹.

2. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.

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[Spanish maíz, from Arawakan mahiz, mahís.]

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maize adj.

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maize

Noun

a type of corn grown for its large yellow edible grains, which are used for food and as a source of oil See also sweet corn [Spanish maiz]

Thesaurus

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 times corn, Indian corn, Zea mays edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food corn cob, corncob - the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn 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 genus Zea, Zea - corn 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 capitulum, spike, ear - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
	2.	maize - a strong yellow color lemon yellow, gamboge, lemon yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Translations

maize [meɪz] n (BRIT) → maíz m; choclo (LAM)

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maize [meɪz] n (Brit) → maïs m

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maize [meɪz] n → Mais m

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maize [meɪz] n → granturco, mais m