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maize
maizea 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.maize M0047000 (māz)n.1. See corn1.2. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
[Spanish maíz, from Arawakan mahiz, mahís.]
maize adj.maize (meɪz) n1. (Plants) a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spikeb. the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil. Usual US and Canadian name: corn See also sweetcorn2. (Colours) a yellow colour3. (Colours) (as modifier): a maize gown. [C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz]maize (meɪz)
n. 1. corn 1 (def. 1). 2. a pale yellow resembling the color of corn. [1545–55; < Sp maíz < Taino mahís] 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 timescorn, Indian corn, Zea maysedible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human foodcorn cob, corncob - the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corncorn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plantcereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; milletgenus Zea, Zea - cornfield corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market graingreen 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 eatingpopcorn, Zea mays everta - corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heatcapitulum, spike, ear - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | | 2. |  maize - a strong yellow color lemon yellow, gamboge, lemonyellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
Translationsmaize (meiz) noun (American corn, ~Indian corn) an important cereal, grown especially in America. 玉米 玉米maize
maize: see corncorn,
in botany. The name corn is given to the leading cereal crop of any major region. In England corn means wheat; in Scotland and Ireland, oats. The grain called corn in the United States is Indian corn or maize (Zea mays mays).
..... Click the link for more information. .  corn cornCorn/maize shoots can be eaten when they resemble large blades of grass that taste like sweet corn. Young maize shoots look like yellow grass and accumulate a powerful antibiotic substance called DIMBOA, a natural defense against pathogenic bacteria and fungus. Corn does not contain the gluten that causes celiac disease. The whole baby corn in husk may also be eaten, silk and all. Corn/maize kernels are very high in starch, which turns into sugar in the body. The really healthy part of the plant is the cornsilk (see Cornsilk)maize[māz] (botany) Zea mays. Indian corn, a tall cereal grass characterized by large ears. maize1. 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 2. a yellow colour maize
maize the Indian corn Zea mays, possibly the most intensively investigated higher plant. It is a common food source which may be processed into e.g. cornflakes.LegalSeeCornmaize
Synonyms for maizenoun tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varietiesSynonymsRelated Words- edible corn
- corn
- corn cob
- corncob
- corn stalk
- cornstalk
- cereal
- cereal grass
- genus Zea
- Zea
- field corn
- green corn
- sugar corn
- sweet corn
- sweet corn plant
- Zea mays rugosa
- Zea saccharata
- popcorn
- Zea mays everta
- capitulum
- spike
- ear
noun a strong yellow colorSynonymsRelated Words |