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maize::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow |
| Type of | yellow, yellowness |
maize::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corn, indian corn, zea mays |
| Type of | cereal, cereal grass |
| Has types | zea saccharata, field corn, green corn, popcorn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays everta, zea mays rugosa |
Examples of maize
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He would give the maize and blue the all around QB we have needed for some time.
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Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials.
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While excellent for pheasants, maize seed is of little use to native wild birds.
From the eadt.co.uk
Columbus brought maize seeds to Spain, where the plants were called Indian corn.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The home whites are so clean, and the maize ones have two things going for them.
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Finally, Jinsheng Lai and colleagues performed re-sequencing of 278 maize lines.
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Around 40% of the American maize crop will be used to produce ethanol this year.
From the economist.com
Maize students aren't in school this week because they began their break Friday.
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Second cuts are reported to be similar to last year, and the maize is improving.
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- Corn: 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
- Gamboge: a strong yellow color
- Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known in many English-speaking countries as corn, is a grass domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. ...
- Maize is the first studio album by the American band Pushmonkey, first released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It was remastered and reissued in 2002 by Trespass Records with a bonus live track.
- The color maize or corn refers to a shade of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same nameu2014maize (the cereal maize is called corn in the Americas). In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange, since the color of maize may vary.
- Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays
- From the American Native Indian word, mahiz. This is the term the Europeans gave "corn".
- (Indian) corn, zea mays. Maize is one of the oldest and certainly one of the most important of the Native American domesticated plants.
- One of the staple crops of sedentary agriculturists in the Americas; domesticated by 4000 b.c.e. in central Mexico. (p. 201)
