waxy corn

Japanese: waxy corn(英語表記)waxycorn
waxy corn

...The stems and leaves are used as animal feed. The soft corn variety var. amylacea Sturt. (soft corn) (illustration), the waxy corn variety var. ceratina Kulesh. (waxy corn) (illustration), and the starchy sweet corn variety var. amyleasaccharata Sturt. (starchy‐sweet corn) are cultivated in small quantities in some countries, but are rarely cultivated in Japan. The pod corn variety var. tunicata Sturt. (pod corn) (illustration) has berries similar to those of hard corn varieties, but each one is surrounded by a developed glume without degenerating. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "waxy corn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…茎葉は飼料にする。軟粒種var.amylacea Sturt.(英名soft corn)(イラスト)やもち(糯)種var.ceratina Kulesh.(英名waxy corn)(イラスト),軟甘種var.amyleasaccharata Sturt.(英名starchy‐sweet corn)などは一部の国々で少量栽培されているが,日本ではほとんど栽培されていない。また,有稃(ゆうふ)種var.tunicata Sturt.(英名pod corn)(イラスト)は,果粒は硬粒種に似るが,その一つ一つが退化することなく発達した穎で包まれている。…

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