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Maize vs Waterless - What's the difference?

maize | waterless |

As a noun maize

is corn; a type of grain of the species zea mays .

As an adjective waterless is

dry, arid, lacking water.

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 (-)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    waterless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dry, arid, lacking water.
    • The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.
  • Not requiring water.
    • How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?