Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maize

2 senses of maize

Sense 1
corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays -- (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)
       => cereal, cereal grass -- (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Sense 2
gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize -- (a strong yellow color)
       => yellow, yellowness -- (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)