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mealie ‎(plural mealies)

(South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.
- 1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa, p. 90:
  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.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, p. 10:
  My mother planted and harvested her own mealies.