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Maize vs Mealie - What's the difference?

maize | mealie |

As nouns the difference between maize and mealie

is that maize is corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays while mealie is an ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.

maize

English

(wikipedia maize) (Zea mays)

Noun

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  • 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 Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.

    Synonyms

    * (Zea mays) corn (US English, Canadian English); green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn (-)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    mealie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 10:
  • *:My mother planted and harvested her own mealies .

    • Derived terms

    * mealie land * mealie meal