Maize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
  • n. A light yellow to moderate orange yellow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cereal plant, Zea Mays, of the grass family; the Indian corn.
  • n. The grain produced by the maize: Indian Corn.
  • n. A coal-tar color, the sodium salt of the disulphonic acid of azoxy-stilbene. It dyes silk and wool reddish-yellow in an acid bath. Also called sun-yellow.
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a strong yellow color
  • n. 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    yellowness    yellow   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    corn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grain    Indian corn    corn    mealies    green corn    Canadian    sugar corn    sweet corn    English   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaise    Blase    Chevrolets    Hayes    Hays    Lyonnais    Malays    Mays    Polonaise    Res   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    oat    millet    wheat    cereal    flax    lentil    pease    turnip    rice    alfalfa