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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]
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Translations n maize [meiz] (Americancorn, ~Indian corn) an important cereal, grown especially in America. mielie ذُرَه صَفْراء царевица kukuřice majs der Mais καλαμπόκι maíz mais ذرت maissi maïs תִּירָס मक्का kukuruz kukorica jagung maís mais, granoturco とうもろこし kukurūzai kukurūza jagung mais mais kukurydza milho porumb кукуруза kukurica koruza kukuruz majs ข้าวโพด mısır 玉米 маїс; кукурудза مکئی کا پودا ngô 玉米 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Gartner kept during several years a dwarf kind of maize with yellow seeds, and a tall variety with red seeds, growing near each other in his garden; and although these plants have separated sexes, they never naturally crossed. Then consider what victual or esculent things there are, which grow speedily, and within the year; as parsnips, carrots, turnips, onions, radish, artichokes of Hierusalem, maize, and the like. A slender shapely young aspen rose up before them against the fine maize and emerald and paling rose of the western sky, which brought out every leaf and twig in dark, tremulous, elfin loveliness. |
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