24 MAIZE 



CHAP. Malaysia : djagoeng, jarung, cholam. 



Maya : ixim. 



Mexico: mais, maize (Spanish; ; cintli=ear, olote = grain 

 (Aztec). 



Paraguay : bisingallo (Guarany Indians,. 



Persia : ghendum ; gandumi-makkah ; haldah. 



Peru : maiz (Spanish) ; sara or zara (Quichua Indianj. 



Portugal : maiz, milho da Indias, milho grande. 



Roumania : kuku-rusa. 



Russia : Tureskorichljeb. 



Siam : hacpot. 



Spain: el maiz, trigo de Turkina, trigo de Indias, zaras. 



Sweden: Turkish hvede, korn. 



Turkey : misr-bogdag, kukuru. 



United States : corn, Indian corn, maize. 



Uruguay : maiz. 



According to De Candolle (i), there is neither Sanskrit nor 

 Hebrew name for maize. There is no Greek or Latin name 

 because the plant was unknown to the Greeks and Romans. 



