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Meanings of maize in English
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.
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Portuguese
amarelo limão Catalan
llimona Usage of maize in English
1
Intercropping was introduced to maize farmers in East Africa in the 1990s.
2
Once the breadbasket of southern Africa, Zimbabwe now needs to import maize.
3
The cost of producing maize varies somewhat in the other States, thus:-
4
The maize granary at Parramatta was also in a state of forwardness.
5
In maize, the ZmSIRK1 expression is altered in response to drought stress.
6
A month ago it was bursting with tomatoes, maize, cabbage and potatoes.
7
I hear that a few small stands of martian maize still thrive.
8
Rice accounts for the highest N losses, followed by wheat and maize.
9
The common food of the people is maize, with milk and tamarinds.
10
Two GM maize types are to be considered at the Wednesday meeting.
11
Cipro and Roundup showed antagonistic effects on maize seeds and root physiology.
12
The trade in maize, or Indian corn, is totally new since 1846.
13
Dog-meat bubbled in great caldrons, and maize cakes crackled on hot stones.
14
Another July plumed the maize, where the plough had obliterated Fort Byle.
15
Page 247: maze and rice fields changed to maize and rice fields
16
They smoked cigaritas, rolling them between their fingers in husks of maize.
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Maize through the time
Maize across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
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