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milho.

maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmi.ʎu/Brazil/ˈmi.ʎu/Portugal/ˈmi.ju/Caipira
  1. maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)

    masculine · uncountable
  2. a single maize seed

    masculine
  3. a maize plant (Zea mays)

    masculine
  4. corncob (an ear of maize)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.

verb/ˈmi.ʎu/Brazil/ˈmi.ʎu/Portugal/ˈmi.ju/Caipira
  1. first-person singular present indicative of milhar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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