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maize

/meɪz/

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noun
a strong yellow color
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gamboge lemon lemon yellow

type of:
yellow yellowness
noun
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
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corn indian corn zea mays

type of:
cereal cereal grass

Definition that contains maize

cereal grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
pyrausta nubilalis larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
cereal grass grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
corn borer larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize