もろこし

noun

sorghum; Indian millet

Refers to the grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). In modern Japanese, it is most commonly encountered in the compound 玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし, corn/maize), but もろこし alone specifically means sorghum.

• もろこしは乾かん燥そうに強つよい穀こく物もつです。

  Sorghum is a drought-resistant grain.

• この地ち域いきでは、もろこしを粉こなにして食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。

  In this region, there is a custom of grinding sorghum into flour and eating it.