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maize

(meɪz)
uncountable noun
Maize is a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop.
[mainly British]
...vast fields of maize.
regional note: in AM, usually use corn

maize in British English

(meɪz)
noun
1.  Also called: Indian corn
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. 
a. 
a yellow colour
b. 
(as modifier)
a maize gown
Word origin
C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz

maize in American English

(meɪz)
noun
1.  Chiefly British
corn1 (sense 3)
2. 
the color of ripe corn; yellow
Word origin
Sp maíz < WInd (Taino) mahiz

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Examples of 'maize' in a sentence
maize

The same technique could then be extended to rice and maize crops.
The Sun (2016)
Fields that once rippled with maize and wheat lie abandoned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Fewer than half manage between them to produce a subsistence maize crop of maybe ten tonnes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We pushed forwards along an irrigation ditch on the side of a maize field.
The Sun (2009)
Various experiments were carried out adding maize oil and lard to the diet.
Orton, Christine Eczema Relief - the comprehensive self-help plan (1990)
The keeper pointed out my route through the maize fields.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Characters seen standing by a field of maize last week.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The maize crop has failed again.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These could then be inserted into staple crops such as wheat, rice or maize.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Its portfolio includes a fund that tracks the price of soy beans, maize and wheat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Families will be hard hit as dependence on imports of wheat and maize increases, they said.
The Sun (2012)
Some villagers have finally managed to get a maize crop together and we're gonna go mental.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The tall, densely planted fields of maize that are still standing have not much to offer birds.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Their maize crop failed when no rains came and a second crop looks to be heading the same way after the driest season in decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This has reduced the amount of land given to growing wheat, maize and soya and has also contributed to higher prices.
The Sun (2008)
A speciality of inland Croatia is made from beans and maize.
Wood, Katie Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994 (1993)
Staples such as wheat, rice, maize and soya are all rocketing in price.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Thatched huts stood in neat rows; labourers farmed sweet potato, maize and beans.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The Mediterranean would be hit by significant droughts and maize and wheat harvests in Africa nearly halved.
The Sun (2009)
Once the rats have ravaged the bamboo, they turn on crops, consuming rice and maize supplies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Word lists with
maize

grass, Edible oils, rice, yellow

In other languages
maize

British English: maize /meɪz/ NOUN
Maize is a tall plant which produces corn.
...vast fields of maize.
  • American English: corn
  • Arabic: ذَرَّةٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: milho
  • Chinese: 玉米
  • Croatian: kukuruz
  • Czech: kukuřice
  • Danish: majs
  • Dutch: maïs
  • European Spanish: maíz planta
  • Finnish: maissi
  • French: maïs
  • German: Mais
  • Greek: καλαμπόκι φυτό
  • Italian: mais
  • Japanese: トウモロコシ
  • Korean: 옥수수
  • Norwegian: mais
  • Polish: kukurydza
  • European Portuguese: milho
  • Romanian: porumb
  • Russian: кукуруза
  • Latin American Spanish: maíz
  • Swedish: majs
  • Thai: ข้าวโพด
  • Turkish: mısır
  • Ukrainian: кукурудза
  • Vietnamese: ngô

Definition of 'maize'

Chinese translation of 'maize'

maize

(meɪz) (esp Brit)

n (u)

  1. 玉米 (yùmǐ)
    美 = corn
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