MAIZ, INDIAN CORN
Maize is the name Americans recognize as the word corn. The word corn, used outside of the USA, describes the staple grain or cereal of a specific local. Corn comes from the shortening of Indian Corn, meaning the staple grain of the American indigenous people. The word maize comes from one of the pre-Columbian Amerindian languages, for the name of the plant, maiz, the Spanish spelling.
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