Maize /meɪz/ (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture.

8 дней назад · a tall plant grown in many parts of the world for its yellow seeds, which are eaten as food, made into flour, or fed to animals

17 нояб. 2024 г. · a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) originally domesticated in Mexico and widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds : corn

6 дней назад · Maize is a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop.

23 окт. 2024 г. · Corn is a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) that is widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds.

Maize is another word for corn, the tall-growing grain that produces yellow kernels on long ears. A small farmer might grow several different types of maize.

a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant see also corn on the cob, ...

Maize is a leafy stalk whose kernels have seeds inside. It is an angiosperm, which means that its seeds are enclosed inside a fruit or shell.

Maize, known as corn, is a tall, fast-growing annual grass reaching 2–3m at maturity in its growing season.