maize

n. (māz)

[Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the language of the Island of Haiti.]
(Bot.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Zea Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn, commonly called corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men and animals.

Maize eater (Zoöl.), a South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials. -- Maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.

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[MAYZ] British for corn.

[Sp]

A stout annual cereal plant (Zea mays, sometimes called Indian corn) growing up to 1.8m tall and yielding large grains set in rows on a cob. Teosinte, the wild ancestor of maize, is found in Mesoamerica from Mexico to Honduras, and perhaps further south still. The transition from wild grass to a maize cob appears to have happened in about a century or less, although it took far longer for large succulent cobs to evolve. First domesticated by c.3500 bc in Mesoamerica, maize makes its first appearance in the Coxcatlán Phase of the Tehuacán Valley sequence dated to before c.5000 bc. In North America it was the hardy low-yielding chapalote form of maize that was first cultivated in the southwest in the period c.1500–1000 bc, but this was soon replaced by the far more productive form maiz de ocho which is adapted to dry conditions but highly productive.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: 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
  Synonyms: corn, Indian corn, Zea mays

Meaning #2: a strong yellow color
  Synonyms: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - majs, majsgul

Nederlands (Dutch)
maïs, maïsgeel

Français (French)
n. - maïs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mais

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) αραβόσιτος, αραποσίτι, καλαμπόκι

Italiano (Italian)
granoturco, giallo oro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - milho (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
кукуруза

Español (Spanish)
n. - maíz, panizo de las indias, de color de maíz, choclo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - majs

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
玉蜀黍, 黄色

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 玉蜀黍, 黃色

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 옥수수, 옥수수색

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - トウモロコシ, 薄黄色

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نبات الذرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תירס‬

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