- (British English maize, North American English corn)
a tall plant grown for its large yellow grains that are used for making flour or eaten as a vegetable; the grains of this plant 玉蜀黍；玉米 - (also corn on the cob British and North American English)
maize that is cooked with all the grains still attached to the inner part and eaten as a vegetable 玉米棒子
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Afrikaans mielie, from Portuguese milho ‘maize, millet’ from Latin milium.