maitreya
- n the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
maize
- n 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
- n a strong yellow color
maja
- n type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution