Zea mays
Sinónimos:
Cornsilk, Maíz
Categorías: Medicina ancestral andina, Alimentos, Planta medicinal, Medicina de los nativos americanos, Aceite, Polvo, Té, Tintura, Medicina tradicional china
Maize (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Arawak marisi, Wayuu maiki.
Pronunciation
- enPR: māz, IPA(key): /meɪz/
- Rhymes: -eɪz
- Homophone: maze
Noun
maize (countable and uncountable, plural maizes)
- Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
- A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole
