| 单词 | maize |
| 释义 | maize (once / 1907 pages) n Maize is another word for corn, the tall-growing grain that produces yellow kernels on long ears. A small farmer might grow several different types of maize. Maize is more commonly used in Britain than in the United States to talk about corn, but most Americans recognize the word. Sweet maize is the variety that tastes the most delicious — other kinds of maize are grown as grain to feed animals. The word maize comes from the Spanish maíz, or corn, and both the word and the grain itself moved north from Central and South America into North America, where it became the continent's largest grain crop. WORD FAMILYmaize: maizes USAGE EXAMPLESFour years ago, army worms destroyed maize, cassava, sorghum and rice fields. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) The climate is changing: now, we plant maize at the end of December or even January; we used to do that in November. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) We planted beans and maize, and that’s what we ate. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) 1n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper Indian corn, Zea mays, corn field corn corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain Zea mays rugosa, Zea saccharata, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn planta corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating Zea mays everta, popcorncorn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat Zea mays indentata, dent corncorn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn, flint maizecorn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm Zea mays amylacea, flour corn, soft corn, squaw corncorn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch cereal, cereal grass grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet 2n a strong yellow color Syn|Hyper gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow yellow, yellowness yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
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