corn silk
The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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.
More definitions
- each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn
Origin
From corn (“maize”) + silk.From corn (“maize”) + silk.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn:cornsilk
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable