Maize

Pronunciation

• enPR: māz, IPA: /meɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: maze

Origin

From Spanish maíz, from Taino maisí, mahis (variously spelled).

Full definition of maize

Noun

1. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
• 1972, Lytle Robinson, Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man Chapter 5A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.

Synonyms

• (Zea mays) corn (US English, Canadian English); green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn

Anagrams

• zamie