maize

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tall cereal plant that bears kernels on large ears; corn

   Farmers planted maize across the valley.

2. 2
   noun

   a strong yellow color resembling ripe corn

   The walls were painted a soft maize yellow.

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.

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