Synonyms for maize
meɪzmaize

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.8 / 6 votes

1. maizenoun

   corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays

   Synonyms:
   Indian corn, corn, sweet corn, green corn, sugar corn

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea maysnoun

   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:
   edible corn, corn whiskey, lemon, corn, corn whisky, clavus, lemon yellow, gamboge

2. gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maizenoun

   a strong yellow color

   Synonyms:
   gamboge, lemon, stinker, lemon yellow, corn, lemon tree

Matched Categories

1. • Cereal Grass
   • Yellow

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. maizenoun

   Synonyms:
   indian corn (zea mays)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "maize":

   corn, maïs, but-, cornfield

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1. Maulid Ali:

   Since I started growing and eating orange sweet potatoes, my family’s health has improved remarkably. Actually my children like potatoes more than ugali (maize meal).

2. Marda Scheepers:

   They are doing work in the three main maize provinces, Mpumalanga, Free State and North West, they go into a field and they do crop counts and plant counts to get an average yield for the province.

3. Luigi Guarino:

   A lot of people in south and east Africa will have to move away from maize, which is the main staple at the moment.

4. Wandile Sihlobo:

   In the short term, between now and three months, the conflict will affect food supply primarily from a pricing perspective, as net importers of products like wheat, which influences bread and cereals, sunflower oil and maize, African countries are fairly exposed on some of these supplies that are coming out of Russia and Ukraine. There will be challenges if the war continues for more than three months — because ordinarily, countries usually keep stock of supplies for three to five months.

5. Krystal Tolley:

   The first one we found was in the transition zone on the forest edge, where there are some trees but mostly maize and cassava plants, when we found it we got goosebumps and just started jumping around. We didn't know if we would get any more, but once we got into the forest there were plenty, although I don't know how long that will last.