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Definition of maize

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Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals..

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Sucker :: Sucker (v. t.) To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize..

Meal :: Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse..

Monocarpous :: Monocarpous (a.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc..

Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..

Corn :: Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats..

Cob :: Cob (n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.

Maize :: Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp..

Zea :: Zea (n.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Floss :: Floss (n.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

Pinole :: Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage..

Broom Corn :: Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize..

Spindling :: Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment..

Husking :: Husking (n.) A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called als.

Husk :: Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize..

Silk :: Silk (n.) That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize..

Cereal :: Cereal (a.) Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain..

Hominy :: Hominy (n.) Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water..

Indian :: Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like..