玉蜀黍(corn)，亦作maize。，亦称玉米。早熟禾科一年生谷类植物，学名Zea mays，源自新大陆，今已遍布全世界。印第安人教会殖民者种植玉米，包括一些籽粒黄色的品种，该品种与红、蓝、粉红和黑色的品种一样，至今仍是受欢迎的食用品种。後几种颜色的品种常带有条纹或斑点，现代常当作观赏植物。在美国，杂色斑驳的品种称作印第安玉米。植株高大，茎强壮，挺直。叶窄而大，边缘波状，於茎的两侧互生。玉米用作动物饲料、人类食物和工业原料，在许多地区为主要粮食，但营养价值低於其他谷物。植株的不可食部分可供工业应用，玉米秆用於造纸和制墙板；外皮用作填充材料，玉米芯作燃料，可烧炭，也用来制造工业溶剂。长久以来玉米外皮也被用作民族艺术的一种材料，如编织成护身符和玉米皮娃娃。玉米是分布最广泛的粮食作物之一，种植面积仅次於小麦。也是美国最重要的粮食作物，产量约占全世界的一半。
English version：
corn
Cereal plant (Zea mays) of the family Poaceae (or Gramineae), originating in the New World, from where it spread throughout the world. American Indians taught colonists to grow corn, including some varieties of yellow corn that are still popular as food, as well as varieties with red, blue, pink, and black kernels, often banded, spotted, or striped, that today are regarded as ornamental and in the U.S. are called Indian corn. The tall, annual grass has a stout, erect, solid stem and large narrow leaves with wavy margins. Corn is used as livestock feed, as human food, and as raw material in industry. Though it is a major food in many parts of the world, it is inferior to other cereals in nutritional value. Inedible parts of the plant are used in industry—stalks for paper and wallboard; husks for filling material; cobs for fuel, to make charcoal, and in the preparation of industrial solvents. Corn husks also have a long history of use in the folk arts for objects such as woven amulets and corn-husk dolls. Corn is one of the most widely distributed of the world's food plants; it is exceeded in acreage planted only by wheat and is the most important crop in the U.S.
