"maize" in the noun sense
1. corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays
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
2. gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize
a strong yellow color
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