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 →

2) Maize is also the seeds of this plant, eaten as food or given to animals. tree →

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 →
• We got lost in the maize maze. tree →
• Popcorn is made from a kind of maize. tree →
• Cows are often fed on maize. tree →
• Maize plants can grow taller than a man. tree →
• Tortillas are made from maize flour. tree →
• The maize was ready to pick at the end of summer. tree →
• The path lay through a field of maize, where several men were working. tree →

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.
• Maize, or corn, is a grass too.
• Maize now grows on every continent except Antarctica, and much of it feeds farm animals.
• Three grains feed much of humanity: rice, wheat and maize.
• Rice, wheat and maize together provide a large share of all the calories people eat in the world.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «maize» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.