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
Maize is a tall plant which produces long objects covered with yellow seeds called sweetcorn. It is often grown as a food crop. vast fields of maize. a tall plant with large yellow seeds that grow together on a cob (=long hard part) , and which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable American Equivalent: corn (maíz, from mahiz)
(North American corn) cereal plant grown extensively in all subtropical and warm temperate regions Maize forms the staple diet or many people in Africa and in parts of South America
An Indian corn, eaten boiled, roasted, or seasoned The corn is also dried and made into four which is used for making a particular type of chappati eaten mostly during winter