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od plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. Maize eater (Zoöl.), a South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials. -- Maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.

One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.

A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like. [Sp. Amer.]

A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.

The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]

A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.

Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]

Deprived of the hulls. Hulled corn, kernels of maize prepared for food by removing the hulls.

lume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.

Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica). -- Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. -- Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus. -- Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava. -- Indian club, a wooden club,…

A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow.

Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.

Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.

Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Colloq. U. S.]