English Explanatory Dictionary

corn silk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.
  2. Alternative form of cornsilk (a colour of yellow that is like that of these fibres)

Word forms

corn silk cornsilk

Etymology

From corn (“maize”) + silk.

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