maize
Plural: maizes
Noun
- An American cereal grass; corn.
- 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 strong yellow color
- Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
Examples
- He was hoping for a ’MAIZE’ of high-scoring words, but only got consonants.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.
Synonyms
corn, gamboge, Indian corn, lemon, lemon yellow, Zea mays, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn
Scrabble Score: 16
maize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmaize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
maize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary