noun
definition
Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
Examples of maize in a Sentence
Maize is the staple food of the Kaffirs.
Wheat, maize, oats, barley and rye are the chief agricultural products.
In the river valley maize, rice, cotton and other crops are cultivated.
The production of maize is, however, insufficient, and 208,719 tons were imported in 1902about double the amount imported in 1882.
Sugar-cane, maize, tapioca and other similar products are grown, however, in smaller quantities.
Tobacco, pepper, coco-nuts and maize are other agricultural products.
Among the products are coco-nuts, sago, fish, trepang, timber, copra, maize, yams and tobacco.
Maize and sugar-cane are grown in New South Wales and Queensland..
The Emilian region is one where regular rotations are best observeda common shift being grain, maize, clover, beans and vetches, &c., grain, which has the disadvantage of the grain crops succeeding, each other.
The disease is due to poisoning by micro-organisms produced by deteriorated maize, and can be combated by care in ripening, drying and storing the maize.
The staple food, maize meal, cannot be found.
The principal crops are wheat, pulse, maize, millet, with some cotton and sugar-cane.
The chief trade is in, and the principal exports are, palm oil and kernels, rubber, cotton, maize, groundnuts (Arachis), shea-butter from the Bassia parkii (Sapotaceae), fibres of the Raphia vinifera, and the Sansevieria guineensis, indigo, and kola nuts, ebony and other valuable wood.
Tobacco and vegetables are also produced in some quantity, and maize is grown largely for the sake of the husk, which is used for native cheroot-wrappers, under the name of yawpet.
The surrounding district is mainly agricultural and pastoral, producing oats, maize, cotton, olive oil, cattle, sheep, skins, hides and butter.
The import trade consists of timber, maize, paper, crockery, sugar, tobacco, kerosene oil, &c. Gold has been found in the territory, and silver, tin, lead and iron are said to exist.
Their main wealth consists in their herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. They raise, however, crops of maize, millet, sweet potatoes and tobacco.
Of course care must be exercised in the selection of plants - such as sorghum, maize, wheat, and alfalfa or lucerne - which are adapted to dry conditions and a warm climate.
Maize and millet are the chief crops.
The stalk of the maize is also a very useful article.
Millet, maize, pumpkins and groundnuts are extensively cultivated.
Aspergillus Oryzae plays an important part in saccharifying the starch of rice, maize, &c., by means of the abundant diastase it secretes, and, in symbiosis with a yeast which ferments the sugar formed, has long been used by the Japanese for the preparation of the alcoholic liquor sake.
Fate of genetically modified maize DNA in the oral cavity and rumen of sheep.
For general coarse fishing, try putting out a bed of scolded maggots mixed with maize flake and fishmeal groundbait.
Maize silage from the previous autumn is often used most successfully.
Grain storage silo systems and in the north of the region maize driers are also important in the region.
Smother crops of maize, vetches or mustard will assist in choking out the weed.
Exp Merigel 113 Instant Starches Global Exp Merigel 113 is a highly crosslinked and stabilized pregelatinised waxy maize starch.
Merigel 310 Instant Starches Global Merigel 310 is a highly crosslinked pregelatinised waxy maize starch.
All their fish either came to fake maize or ASAP boilies fished over a bed of trout pellets.
Cranberry contains Xylitol which may be derived from maize.
The regional ingredients of Mexico, like maize, peppers, chocolate, and tomatoes, spread around the world and influenced global cuisine, while European foods helped create a new cuisine in Mexico.
So were corn, (maize), beans, and peppers, which much of the Aztec cuisine was based on.
Cornfield MAiZE manager Dorathy Black Law (also the daughter of the farm owner) sat down with LoveToKnow Movies for an exclusive interview about the New Moon corn maze.
Other important crops grown are - maize, 324,000 acres; oats, 493,000 acres; other grains, 160,000 acres; hay, 1,367,000 acres; potatoes, 119,000 acres; sugar-cane, 141,000 acres; vines, 65,000 acres; and other crops, 422,000 acres.
The soil in the valleys and plains of the department, especially in the Bresse, is fertile, producing large quantities of wheat, as well as oats, buckwheat and maize.
Cotton is now the second crop of the United States, being surpassed in value only by Indian corn (maize).
The exports, which show plainly the prevailing agricultural character of the country, are flour, wheat, cattle, beef, barley, pigs, wine in barrels, horses and maize.
Other crops which are grown in the province, especially in Upper Burma, comprise maize, tilseed, sugar-cane, cotton, tobacco, wheat, millet, other food grains including pulse, condiments and spices, tea, barley, sago, linseed and other oil-seeds, various fibres, indigo and other dye crops, besides orchards and garden produce.
The cocoa nut, maize, sugar-cane, coffee, cotton, rice and tobacco (which last does not suffer like other crops from the locusts) do well.
Of cereals the common millets, dhura and dukhn, are grown in all parts of the country as the summer crop, and in the hot irrigated Tehama districts three crops are reaped in the year; in the highlands maize, wheat and barley are grown to a limited extent as the winter crop, ripening at the end of March or in April.
Vineyards and sugar-cane yield crops in the warmer ravines; the sub-tropical valleys are famous for splendid crops of maize; wheat and barley thrive on the mountain slopes; arid at heights from 7000 to 13,000 ft.
Maize is another important food product which is generally cultivated along the coast and in the lower valleys of the sierra.
It is the centre of a prosperous agricultural district producing, chiefly, wheat and maize; the vine is also largely grown and excellent wine is made.
Agricultural products include rice and maize (the principal crops), wheat, barley and oats.
In the valleys the soil is particularly fertile, yielding luxuriant crops of wheat, maize, barley, spelt, beans, potatoes, flax, hemp, hops, beetroot and tobacco; and even in the more mountainous parts rye, wheat and oats are extensively cultivated.
The vegetation is also rich, and Amboyna produces most of the common tropical fruits and vegetables, including the sago-palm, bread-fruit, cocoa-nut, sugar-cane, maize, coffee, pepper and cotton.
In spite of the difficulties of communication with the interior, and the malarial marshes which surround the town, it has become important for the export of grain (chiefly maize).
The grain crops are maize, wheat and barley; the two latter are frequently sown together.
The soil, though not very fertile, except in some of the valleys and sheltered hillsides, produces wheat, maize, barley, rye, flax, grapes, peaches, apples and other fruits.