Maize

:This article is about the cereal. For the town, see Maize, Kansas.

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Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica. It is called corn in the United States, Canada, and Australia but there are further regional differences in terminology.

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While certain maize varieties grow 7 m (23 ft) tall at certain locations, commercial maize has been bred for a high-end height of 2.5 m (9 ft). Sweet corn is usually shorter than field corn varieties.

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Cereal: :This article is about grains. See also breakfast cereal...

Grain: The word grain has several meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle....

Mesoamerica: Mesoamerica is the region extending from central Mexico south to the northwestern border of Costa Rica that gave rise to a group of stratified, culturally related agrarian civilizations spanning an approximately 3,000-year period before the European discovery of the New World by Columbus. Mesoameric...

Maize related Images and Photos (experimental)

Millet Maize Buckwheat and Taro from A History of the Vegetable Kingdom by William Rhind

Marbled Red and Multicoloured Maize Illustration Agricole et Economique Du Mais 1836