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maize
[ meyz ]
noun
- (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn 1( def 1 ).
- a pale yellow resembling the color of corn.
maize
/ ³¾±ðɪ³ú /
noun
- Also calledIndian corn
- a tall annual grass, Zea mays, cultivated for its yellow edible grains, which develop on a spike
- the grain of this plant, used for food, fodder, and as a source of oil Usual US and Canadian namecorn See also sweet corn
- a yellow colour
- ( as modifier )
a maize gown
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of maize1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of maize1
Example Sentences
But as the two countries work on a trade deal, experts say Washington now wants to push "big-ticket" farm exports - wheat, cotton, corn and maize - to narrow its $45bn trade deficit with India.
“There’s a disturbing level of contamination of native maize with genetically modified traits,†said Timothy Wise, a researcher at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.
He is bringing with him desperately needed food - maize meal, peanuts and beans - for his family who are already at a makeshift camp set up in the town's football stadium.
"Beavers can flood and waterlog fields, feed on agricultural crops like maize, as well as damage and fell trees such as cricket bat willow."
Dozens of cranes have in recent years been found dead after they were poisoned by rice and maize farmers in Lwengo district, in south-central Uganda.
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