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maize

/meɪz/noun1 syllable

Maize means: 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.

Synonyms for maize9

noun, as in 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

corn, Indian corn, Zea mays

noun, as in a strong yellow color

gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow

also used for maize

green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn

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What does maize mean?2

noun

1

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

2

a strong yellow color

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with maize?39

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All 39 rhymes for maize, grouped by syllable

Maize in a sentence

  • France has banned a strain of genetically modified maize.Scott
  • Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.witbrock
  • Maize is soon to be grown here, but the soil is very dry and sandy.sundown
  • A shortage of animal feed is also looming after damage to maize crops and grass.Hybrid
  • The pigs ate the maize-cobs.mccarras
  • Jelle Van Loon, of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, demonstrates a prototype hand planter.Cangarejo

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Forms of maize

as a noun

plural
maizes