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maize
[
meyz
]
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Main Entry:
maize
[
meyz
]
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/
meɪz
/
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Part of Speech:
noun
Synonyms:
corn
, milo,
yellow
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Example Sentences
And the foods made from
maize
have retained to this day.
Now someone must have upset him: rising
maize
prices could force the price of.
Next the mural shows the
maize
god setting up the tree at the center of the world and crowning himself king.
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And the foods made from
maize
have retained to this day.
Now someone must have upset him: rising
maize
prices could force the price of.
Next the mural shows the
maize
god setting up the tree at the center of the world and crowning himself king.
Five or six big international companies invest more than a billion dollars each year in
maize
research.
Diversion of
maize
and other crops to biofuel production.
Kenya recently waived duty on wheat and
maize
imports, dampening prices as well as anger.
Years later, his sons defeated the lords of death and resurrected the
maize
god.
They chewed on the pulp of the fruit to make stale and sour
maize
bread more tasty, for example.
The rising oil price encourages biofuel production from
maize
and other crops.
Anyone caught moving more than a couple of bags of
maize
is liable to be arrested.
My gaze fell on the face of the
maize
god looking over his shoulder at a beautiful maiden.
The results of scientific research from nuclear physics to
maize
genetics are a matter of national pride.
The corn is also sweeter yet retains the nutty
maize
taste.
Some drink the local special, jet-five, so called because the fermentation of
maize
and sorghum is sped up with pilfered jet fuel.
Another meaning has to do with the process of degraining
maize
.
The combined detective work of botanists, geneticists and archaeologists has been able to identify the wild ancestor of
maize
.
It also scrapped tariffs on
maize
imports until the end of the year.
Meagre crops of
maize
are also planted on the calcareous.
Children stay in school longer and, with a bowl of
maize
and beans in their belly, are able to concentrate.
Squatter families move into these forests to grow their patches of millet and
maize
.
America's use of
maize
for biofuel is less efficient.
But the nomads do not want to remain permanently dependent on handouts, so many have settled down and started to grow
maize
.
They send
maize
flour and cooking oil, as well as cash, often carried by bus drivers acting as remittance men.
The best part of the world's
maize
and soyabean crops goes to feeding animals.
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