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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How to use maize in a sentence?

1. Senzeni Zokwana:

   Maize is one of our staple foods which our people depend upon so our department would approach other funding agencies.

2. Laurentiu Baciu:

   Romanian grain farmers will gladly embrace the genetically modified maize crops, it's common sense that any maize farmer, be it in Spain or in Portugal or in Romania, would like to reduce production costs and eventually reap a bigger harvest.

3. Laurentiu Baciu:

   It's common sense that any maize farmer, be it in Spain or in Portugal or in Romania, would like to reduce production costs and eventually reap a bigger harvest.

4. The FAO:

   Half of the forecast cut reflected dimmer expectations about maize crops in India and Ukraine, mostly due to adverse weather.

5. Robert Johansson:

   In Brazil, producers of maize and soybeans are seeing prices (in local currency terms) that are similar to historic prices we had three of four years ago, they have an incentive to continue increasing production. Our producers are facing a harder export environment.