How many syllables in maize?

There is 1 syllable in the word maize.

Divide maize into syllables:

maize (noun):: a tall annual cereal grass (zea mays) originally domesticated in mexico and widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds corn entry 1 sense 4; 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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