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noun

(chiefly in British and technical usage) corn¹ (def. 1).

a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.

Origin:
1545–55; < Spanish maíz < Hispaniolan Taino mahís

Can be confused: maize, maze.

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And the foods made from maize have retained to this day.

Now someone must have upset him: rising maize prices could force the price of.

Next the mural shows the maize god setting up the tree at the center of the world and crowning himself king.

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And the foods made from maize have retained to this day.

Now someone must have upset him: rising maize prices could force the price of.

Next the mural shows the maize god setting up the tree at the center of the world and crowning himself king.

Five or six big international companies invest more than a billion dollars each year in maize research.

Diversion of maize and other crops to biofuel production.

Kenya recently waived duty on wheat and maize imports, dampening prices as well as anger.

Years later, his sons defeated the lords of death and resurrected the maize god.

They chewed on the pulp of the fruit to make stale and sour maize bread more tasty, for example.

The rising oil price encourages biofuel production from maize and other crops.

Anyone caught moving more than a couple of bags of maize is liable to be arrested.

My gaze fell on the face of the maize god looking over his shoulder at a beautiful maiden.

The results of scientific research from nuclear physics to maize genetics are a matter of national pride.

The corn is also sweeter yet retains the nutty maize taste.

Some drink the local special, jet-five, so called because the fermentation of maize and sorghum is sped up with pilfered jet fuel.

Another meaning has to do with the process of degraining maize.

The combined detective work of botanists, geneticists and archaeologists has been able to identify the wild ancestor of maize.

It also scrapped tariffs on maize imports until the end of the year.

Meagre crops of maize are also planted on the calcareous.

Children stay in school longer and, with a bowl of maize and beans in their belly, are able to concentrate.

Squatter families move into these forests to grow their patches of millet and maize.

America's use of maize for biofuel is less efficient.

But the nomads do not want to remain permanently dependent on handouts, so many have settled down and started to grow maize.

They send maize flour and cooking oil, as well as cash, often carried by bus drivers acting as remittance men.

The best part of the world's maize and soyabean crops goes to feeding animals.

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World English Dictionary

maize (meɪz)

—n
1.	Also called: Indian corn
	a. a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
	b. See also sweet corn Usual US and Canadian name: corn the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil
2.	a. a yellow colour
	b. (as modifier): a maize gown

[C16: from Spanish maiz, from Taino mahiz]

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Word Origin & History

maize

1555, from Cuban Sp. maiz, from Arawakan (Haiti) mahiz.

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