maize
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
maize/meɪz/
▶noun Brit. a cereal plant originating in Central America and yielding large grains (corn or sweetcorn) set in rows on a cob. [Zea mays.]
– origin C16: from Sp. maíz, from Taino mahiz.
'maize' also found in these Oxford entries:
bourbon
- cereal
- chicha
- corn
- cornbread
- corncob
- corn dog
- corn-fed
- cornflakes
- cornflour
- cornmeal
- corn oil
- corn pone
- cornsilk
- floss
- frit fly
- grain whisky
- grits
- hasty pudding
- hoecake
- hominy
- hush puppy
- Indian corn
- Indian meal
- johnnycake
- masa
- mbaqanga
- mealie
- mealie meal
- mosaic
- mush
- pap
- polenta
- popcorn
- samp
- scrapple
- shuck
- silk
- spoon bread
- succotash
- sweetcorn
- tamale
- tassel
- teosinte
- tortilla
- tostada
- witchweed
- zein
