maize 音标拼音: [m'ez]
n . 玉蜀黍,黄色
a . 玉蜀黍色的,黄色的
玉蜀黍,黄色玉蜀黍色的,黄色的
maize n 1 :
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 [
synonym : {
corn }, {
maize }, {
Indian corn }, {
Zea mays }]
2 :
a strong yellow color [
synonym : {
gamboge }, {
lemon }, {
lemon yellow }, {
maize }]
maize \
maize \ (
m [=
a ]
z ),
n . [
Sp .
maiz .
fr .
mahiz or mahis ,
is the language of the Island of Haiti .] (
Bot .)
A large species of American grass of the genus {
Zea } ({
Zea Mays }),
widely cultivated as a forage and food plant ;
Indian corn ,
commonly called {
corn }.
Also ,
its seed ,
growing on cobs ,
and used as food for men and animals .
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{
Maize eater } (
Zool .),
a South American bird of the genus {
Pseudoleistes },
allied to the troupials .
{
Maize yellow },
a delicate pale yellow .
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Corn \
Corn \,
n . [
AS .
corn ;
akin to OS .
korn ,
D .
koren ,
G .,
Dan .,
Sw ., &
Icel .
korn ,
Goth .
ka ['
u ]
rn ,
L .
granum ,
Russ .
zerno .
Cf . {
Grain }, {
Kernel }.]
1 .
A single seed of certain plants ,
as wheat ,
rye ,
barley ,
and maize ;
a grain .
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2 .
The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food ,
as wheat ,
rye ,
barley ,
maize ,
oats .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
In Scotland ,
corn is generally restricted to oats ,
in the United States ,
to maize ,
or {
Indian corn } (
see sense 3 ),
and in England to wheat .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
3 .
a tall cereal plant ({
Zea mays })
bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear ,
the core of which (
the cob )
is not edible ; --
also called {
Indian corn }
and ,
in technical literature , {
maize }.
There are several kinds ;
as , {
yellow corn },
which grows chiefly in the Northern States ,
and is yellow when ripe ; {
white corn }
or {
southern corn },
which grows to a great height ,
and has long white kernels ;
{
sweet corn },
comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties ,
grown chiefly at the North ,
some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry ; {
pop corn },
any small variety ,
used for popping .
Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly ,
or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently .
The term {
Indian corn }
is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob ;
it is used for decoration ,
especially in the fall .
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4 .
The plants which produce corn ,
when growing in the field ;
the stalks and ears ,
or the stalks ,
ears ,
and seeds ,
after reaping and before thrashing .
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In one night ,
ere glimpse of morn ,
His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn . --
Milton .
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5 .
A small ,
hard particle ;
a grain . "
Corn of sand ." --
Bp .
Hall . "
A corn of powder ." --
Beau . &
Fl .
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{
Corn ball },
a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar .
{
Corn bread },
bread made of Indian meal .
{
Corn cake },
a kind of corn bread ;
johnny cake ;
hoecake .
{
Corn cockle } (
Bot .),
a weed ({
Agrostemma Githago }
syn .
{
Lychnis Githago }),
having bright flowers ,
common in grain fields .
{
Corn flag } (
Bot .),
a plant of the genus {
Gladiolus }; --
called also {
sword lily }.
{
Corn fly }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small fly which ,
in the larval state ,
is injurious to grain ,
living in the stalk ,
and causing the disease called "
gout ,"
on account of the swelled joints .
The common European species is {
Chlorops t [
ae ]
niopus }.
(
b )
A small fly ({
Anthomyia ze })
whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted .
{
Corn fritter },
a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter . [
U .
S .]
{
Corn laws },
laws regulating trade in corn ,
especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846 ,
prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption ,
except when the price rose above a certain rate .
{
Corn marigold }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Marigold }.
{
Corn oyster },
a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter ,
the combined taste resembling that of oysters .
[
U .
S .]
{
Corn parsley } (
Bot .),
a plant of the parsley genus ({
Petroselinum segetum }),
a weed in parts of Europe and Asia .
{
Corn popper },
a utensil used in popping corn .
{
Corn poppy } (
Bot .),
the red poppy ({
Papaver Rh [
oe ]
as }),
common in European cornfields ; --
also called {
corn rose }.
{
Corn rent },
rent paid in corn .
{
Corn rose }.
See {
Corn poppy }.
{
Corn salad } (
Bot .),
a name given to several species of {
Valerianella },
annual herbs sometimes used for salad .
{
Valerianella olitoria }
is also called {
lamb '
s lettuce }.
{
Corn stone },
red limestone . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Corn violet } (
Bot .),
a species of {
Campanula }.
{
Corn weevil }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small weevil which causes great injury to grain .
(
b )
In America ,
a weevil ({
Sphenophorus ze [
ae ]})
which attacks the stalk of maize near the root ,
often doing great damage .
See {
Grain weevil },
under {
Weevil }.
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1913 Webster ]
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