もろこしきび

Japanese

Alternative spellings
蜀黍唐黍

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もろこしきび (morokoshi kibi, “sorghum”)

Compound of 唐 (morokoshi, “China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “millet”).

The spelling 蜀黍 is from Chinese.^[1] See 蜀黍 (shokusho).

もろこしきび • (morokoshi kibi)

This term has been largely replaced by its clipping, もろこし (morokoshi).

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN