HOW TO PRONOUNCE
maize
/meɪz/
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What does maize mean?
noun
- Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
proper noun
- A surname, variant of Mayes.
- A unisex given name.
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IPA pronunciation
/meɪz/
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The average farmer still bestows upon this fruit about as much attention as the aborigines gave to their patches of maize.
I pulled nearly a quarter of an acre of maize, but it was a scanty crop, and the husks were poorly filled.
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Some, made for harvesters of those years, can hold no more than a single yellow ear of maize or two handfuls of beans.
We found in the conuco of the community many culinary plants, maize, sugar cane, and five thousand coffee-trees, which promised a fine harvest.
Beans, peas, barley, rye, new maize, or even new oats, are all liable, if carelessly used, to have the same effect.