maize

[ US /ˈmeɪz/ ]
[ UK /mˈe‍ɪz/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. a strong yellow color
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How To Use maize In A Sentence

  • The Shambaa diet is composed of starchy foods such as rice, maize, and sweet potatoes.
  • Gradually coffee came to replace maize as the main agricultural produce of the community and foodstuffs were bought with surplus cash.
  • Others, before the introduction of maize, lived mostly on millet, sorghum, and bananas with such greenstuffs as could be gathered.
  • Maize is consumed as tortillas, which accompany rice and beans - typically eaten three times a day with eggs, cheese, meat, or chicken and with chayote stew or salad at lunch or supper.
  • Besides, he caused a general visitation to be made of all the land from Quito to Chile, registering the whole population for more than a thousand leagues; and imposed a tribute [_so heavy that no one could be owner of a_ mazorca _of maize, which is their bread for food, nor of a pair of_ usutas, _which are their shoes, nor marry, nor do a single thing without special licence from Tupac Inca. History of the Incas
  • * The Minister of Agriculture to review the use of surplus funds carried from levies on the 1994 crop, and to make levies available to stabilize the price of maize for human consumption in the coming season, rather than paying levies to commercial farmers as an "agterskot" as has been suggested in a press statement by ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Yet despite variable environments, new commercially available maize hybrids continue to be produced each year with ever-increasing harvestable yield.
  • The Indians of America carry all their products, such as maize, sugar, coffee, etc., in bags made of this leaf, which they know how to arrange so well, that they transport an "arroba," or twenty-five pounds any distance without a single grain escaping, and without any appliance other than a liana or creeper to tie it up with. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
  • The porcupine will gnaw at the base of the maize stalk and drop it, and in doing so is able to get to the maize cob.
  • You can even use a limited amount of starchy adjuncts - such as flaked maize, flaked oats or flaked barley FriendFeed - georgeh
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