noun
sweet corn; sweetcorn
Refers to the vegetable sweet corn, typically the variety eaten as corn on the cob or canned corn. A straightforward loanword from English.
夏になるとスイートコーンが食べたくなる。
When summer comes, I crave sweet corn.
スイートコーンの缶詰を買った。
I bought a can of sweet corn.
Variant with a middle dot; less common in everyday writing.
The general Japanese word for corn/maize. スイートコーン specifically refers to the sweet variety, while トウモロコシ can refer to any corn.
Loanword from English 'sweet corn'.