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maize vs cereal grass

cereal grass vs maize

maize and cereal grass both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maize Yes No No No
cereal grass Yes No No No
As nouns, cereal grass is a hypernym of maize; that is, cereal grass is a word with a broader meaning than maize:
  • maize: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
  • cereal grass: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
Other hypernyms of maize include cereal.
maize (noun) cereal grass (noun)
a strong yellow color grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
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