Meaning

1 senses

  1. A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

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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Forms

plural: cornsilks
Singularcornsilk
Pluralcornsilks

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn:corn silk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cornicecornichecornishcornstarchcornucopiacornycorolla
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