玉蜀黍

Noun

 * 1) corn; maize

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Originally a compound of, from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is from, and appears to be a compound of  +. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) maize, corn

Usage notes
More common usage of the term is in katakana (トウモロコシ) or hiragana (とうもろこし) and perhaps never in kanji (玉蜀黍). For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is.