A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Zea Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn, commonly called corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men and animals.
Zea mays, is an annual plant of the grass family, Gramineae. The largest of the cereals, it can reach heights of 4.5 m (15 ft).
a light yellow to moderately orange corn.
Another name for Indian corn. However, maize is not a Native word, but was popularized by the Spanish when they referred to corn in this country.
Corn. Sacred vegetable that provides sustenance for Chamula. Majomut Military base = Military encampment right beside the autonomous community of Polho.
An American Indian word for corn, maize is the most important food in Pueblo life. The ancestors of the Pueblos were hunters and gatherers. During the third millennium B.C., the nomadic hunter-gatherer ancestors of modern Pueblo Indians added domesticated corn to their diet, which allowed them to establish farming communities along the Rio Grande and other fertile areas in the Southwest. Back to
Corn, Zea mays. (see also: , )
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
a cereal used in conjunction with malted barley to provide a source of fermentable sugar.
Corn; domesticated in highland Mexico.
An Indian corn, eaten boiled, roasted, or seasoned. The corn is also dried and made into flour which is used for making roti, (Indian bread) eaten mostly during winter.
a tall widely cultivated American cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing seeds on elongated ears; also indian corn
One of the staple crops of sedentary agriculturists in the Americas; domesticated by 4000 b.c.e. in central Mexico. (p. 201)
Crop grown for conserving as winter feed for cattle (like sweet corn)
Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica. It is called corn in the United States, Canada, and Australia, but in other countries that term may refer to other cereal grains. Hybrid maize is favored by farmers over conventional varieties for its high grain yield, due to heterosis ("hybrid vigor"). Maize is one of the first crops for which genetically modified varieties make up a significant proportion of the total harvest.
Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica and then spread throughout the American continents. It spread to the rest of the world after European contact with the Americas in the late 15th century and early 16th century. The term maÃze derives from the Spanish form of the Arawak Native American term for the plant.