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Maize vs Milo - What's the difference?

maize | milo |

As nouns the difference between maize and milo

is that maize is corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays while milo is sorghum.

As a proper noun Milo is

a given name derived from Germanic.

maize

English

(wikipedia maize) (Zea mays)

Noun

(-)
  • 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 (-)

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    milo

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US) sorghum
  • * 1978 , Tom Reamy, Blind Voices
    • When he does talk, it's always about the farm: the milo is doing poorly this year, the corn has a blight

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