"maize" | Definition and Related Words

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 (synset 112164193)
is a type of: cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
subtypes:
- field corn - corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain
- green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata - a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
- popcorn, zea mays everta - corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
belongs to: genus zea, zea - corn
has:
- corn, edible corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- corn cob, corncob - the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- corn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plant
- capitulum, ear, spike - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
same as: corn, indian corn, zea mays
A strong yellow color (synset 104973720)
is a type of: yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

same as: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow