Synonyms for maize
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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. Senzeni Zokwana:

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

2. Cecilia Abel:

   We were fed only ground dry maize in the afternoons. It was not good for human consumption, many of us that were captured died in Sambisa Forest. Even after our rescue about 10 died on our way to this place.

3. Maneo Motsamai:

   I boil water to cook mealie meal (maize porridge) and the power goes. I can’t eat, it’s a waste. I can’t cope like that.

4. Francis Ambroise:

   The company has supply contracts preventing sellers from sourcing their maize from the forest or any other protected area, we work with (environmental group) Fanamby to control our suppliers, respect the contracts' clauses and to ensure the traceability of our maize supply ... using maize from protected areas would be against what we consider to be our society responsibility.

5. 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.