maize

Definitions

noun

1

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne.

A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.

name

1

A surname.

2

A female given name.

3

A male given name.

Collocations

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ADJ.

drought-tolerant, international, large, modified, nuts, possible, soon, used

VERB + MAIZE

damage, grows, stop

MAIZE + NOUN

cassava, grass, groundnuts, improvement, indean, monoculture, porridge, summer

PREP.

after, in, on

ADV.

genetically

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a strong yellow color

noun — tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: wide

corn

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had brea

Wiktionary

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A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones.

Wiktionary

03

Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.

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04

France has banned a strain of genetically modified maize.

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A shortage of animal feed is also looming after damage to maize crops and grass.

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Other products include coal, coconuts, sugar cane, pineapples, tobacco, vegetables, sago, tapioca, coffee, tea, maize, and groundnuts.

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