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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of cornsilk (a colour of yellow that is like that of these fibres)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cornsilk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: style
History
From corn (“maize”) + silk.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
