- Binomial Name : Zea Mays
- Kingdom : Plantae
- Order : Poales
- Family : Poaceae
- Genus : Zea
- Species : Z. mays
- Starch from maize can also be made into plastics, fabrics, adhesives, and many other chemical products.
- Stigmas from female maize flowers, known popularly as corn silk, are sold as herbal supplements.
- The corn steep liquor, a plentiful watery by product of maize wet mailing process, is widely used in the biochemical industry and research as a culture medium to grow many kinds of microorganisms.
