maize
New World cereal
Maize is corn—the tall grain plant native to the Americas, or its yellow kernels.
The word comes from Spanish, borrowed from Taino.
In American English, corn dominates; maize appears mainly in scientific, agricultural, or historical contexts: maize cultivation, fields of maize.
British English uses maize more commonly for the plant and its grain.
Planting for cultivation
- tasselOrnamental hanging cluster
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- huskDry seed covering
- kernelSeed or essential core
cob · ear · shuck · detasseling · irrigation · fertilizer · cultivar · hybrid
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
- masaNixtamalized corn dough
- polentaCooked cornmeal dish
- gritsBoiled ground maize
- hominyAlkali-processed dried kernels
cornmeal · cornbread · popcorn · tamale · arepa · posole · chicha · pap
Pre-Columbian Central American region
- domesticationAdapting species to captivity
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
Maya · Inca · Three Sisters · staple · subsistence · ancient · heirloom · landrace
Bright yellow, or precious
- yellowHue between green and orange
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- kernelSeed or essential core
- sunshineDirect rays from above
autumn · honey · ochre · tawny · saffron · gilded · butterscotch · flaxen
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
foodstuff · nutrition · carbohydrate · dietary · provision · breadbasket · feed · livestock
sowing
Planting for cultivation
kernel · cob · ear · shuck · detasseling · irrigation · fertilizer · cultivar · hybrid · row
tortilla
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
hominy · cornmeal · cornbread · popcorn · tamale · arepa · posole · chicha · pap · mealie
Mesoamerica
Pre-Columbian Central American region
- domesticationAdapting species to captivity
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- indigenousOriginating in a region
Aztec · Maya · Inca · Three Sisters · staple · subsistence · ancient · heirloom · landrace · Oaxaca
golden
Bright yellow, or precious
sunshine · autumn · honey · ochre · tawny · saffron · gilded · butterscotch · flaxen · marigold
sustenance
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
subsistence · foodstuff · nutrition · carbohydrate · dietary · provision · breadbasket · feed · livestock · ethanol
- useful plantsfood plants, medicinal plants, fruit trees, nut trees, root crops
- American PlantsAmerican elm, aster, azalea, bluebonnets, bluebonnet
- oil sourcescanola, sunflower, soybean, olive, peanut
- African farmingcassava, sorghum, millet, yams, groundnuts
- Andean economyquinoa, coca, coca leaves, alpaca wool, potatoes
- Indian farmingrice paddies, paddy, sugarcane, wheat, sorghum