原生於美洲的穀類植物物種，在西元16世紀引進全球其他地區，為高大而莖部結實的一年生禾本科植物；自粗厚的莖長出橢圓的穗，穗上可結出成列可食用的子粒。玉米有許多不同的品種，有黃、紅、藍、桃紅、黑等顏色的玉米粒，通常具有條紋、斑點或斑紋。玉米可作為家畜的飼料、人類的食物、工業的原物料、燃料、玉米油、玉米糖漿、玉米澱粉、玉米粉、酒精（威士忌、汽油）。除了作為生質燃料外，莖也可當作隔音板的添加物。玉米穗軸可雕刻成煙斗，穗軸與外皮可用來製作玩偶。

玉米(種)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
玉蜀黍(玉蜀黍屬)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
yü mi (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
yù mǐ (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
yu mi(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Zea mays(species)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,U)
Zea mays(species)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,U)
corn(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,U)
maize(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
Mais(,U,German-非偏好,AD,U,U)
maïs(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
maïs(,U,法語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
mais(,U,Italian-非偏好,AD,U,U)
majs(,U,Danish-非偏好,AD,U,U)
majs(,U,Swedish-非偏好,AD,U,U)
maíz(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................植物界 (界)
....................被子植物門 (門)
........................百合綱 (綱)
............................禾草目 (目)
................................禾本科 (科)
....................................玉蜀黍屬 (屬)
........................................玉米 (種)

source plant or animal for....	玉蜀黍(種子)
source plant or animal for....	玉蜀黍莖
source plant or animal for....	玉蜀黍油
source plant or animal for....	玉米穗軸

英文....

Species of cereal plant native to the Americas but introduced to the rest of the world in the 16th century. It is a tall annual grass with a sturdy stalk; it produces rows of edible kernels along an oblong ears growing from the thick stalk. It is known in many varieties having yellow, red, blue, pink, and black kernels, often banded, spotted, or striped. Corn is used as livestock feed, as human food, a raw material in industry, fuel, corn oil, corn syrup, cornstarch, corn flour, and ethanol (whiskey, gasoline). In addition to biomass for fuel, the stalks have been used as additives for acoustical tiles. Corncobs have been carved into smoking pipes; cobs and husks have been used for dolls.

玉米(種)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 May 13, 2015
玉蜀黍(玉蜀黍屬)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 May 13, 2015
Zea mays(species)............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
.................	USDA Classification online (2008-)
corn(species)............	[VP]
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	USDA Classification online (2008-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
maize............	[VP]
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
Mais............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
maïs............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
mais............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
majs............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
maíz............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)

Getty AAT: 300375398 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300375398
聯合目錄： 玉米 、玉蜀黍 、yü mi 、yù mǐ 、yu mi 、Zea mays 、corn 、maize 、Mais 、maïs 、maïs 、mais 、Zea mays 、majs 、majs 、maíz