"mealie" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afrikaans mielie, from obsolete Dutch milie (“millet, maize”), from Old French mil (“millet”).",
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      "form": "mealies",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mealie land"
        },
        {
          "word": "mealie meal"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa, page 90:",
          "text": "The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 8:",
          "text": "At the other end of the veranda, on two deck-chairs planted side by side and looking away over the bush and the mealie fields, were Mr. Quest and Mr. Van Rensberg […]",
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          "ref": "1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, page 10:",
          "text": "My mother planted and harvested her own mealies.",
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        "An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn."
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          "ear",
          "ear"
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          "corn",
          "corn"
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        "(South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmiːli/"
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      "homophone": "mealy"
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