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# maize

«maize» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall cereal plant that grows yellow seeds (kernels) on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (maize, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Maize is a tall cereal plant that grows yellow seeds (kernels) on large cobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#m1)

2) Maize is also the seeds of this plant, eaten as food or given to animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English often say "maize" for the crop; Americans and Canadians say "corn". In geography and science, maize is one of the world's most important food crops, first grown in Mexico. Foods from maize: popcorn, cornflakes, tortillas, polenta, corn on the cob. Phrases: "maize field", "maize maze".

### examples

- The farmer grows maize in the big field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x1)
- We got lost in the maize maze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x2)
- Popcorn is made from a kind of maize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x3)
- Cows are often fed on maize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x4)
- Maize plants can grow taller than a man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x5)
- Tortillas are made from maize flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x6)
- The maize was ready to pick at the end of summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x7)
- The path lay through a field of maize, where several men were working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: "some maize", "a field of maize". Homophone: "maze" (a puzzle of paths) sounds the same. In the USA "corn" means maize, but in Britain "corn" can mean any grain such as wheat.

### In the corpora

- [Maize was bred from a wild grass called teosinte in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/15/)
- [Maize, or corn, is a grass too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/3/)
- [Maize now grows on every continent except Antarctica, and much of it feeds farm animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/17/)
- [Three grains feed much of humanity: rice, wheat and maize.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/2/)
- [Rice, wheat and maize together provide a large share of all the calories people eat in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «maize» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maize/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.