Example sentences for: maize

How can you use “maize” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Unlike maize, which is monoecious (separate male and female flowers), the panicle of sorghum is hermaphroditic.

  • In fact, corn came to symbolize life for the Maya — in their myths of creation, mankind was formed from lumps of maize dough.

  • A soup-type dish made with tripe, the stomach lining of a cow, pig’s or calf feet, and maize, such as posole (corn) or hominy.

  • Anatomically, the husks around an ear are composed primarily of leaf sheath with a reduced ligule region subtending a highly reduced leaf blade in most maize inbred lines.

  • Maize is a classic NADP-ME type C4 plant [ 35].


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