corn husk
Maize kernel covering
The corn husk is the leafy outer covering that surrounds an ear of corn.
Husks are stripped away before eating fresh corn but have uses of their own—dried husks wrap tamales and can be woven into dolls, mats, or decorations.
To shuck corn is to remove its husk.
We saved the corn husks for making tamales.
- shuckProtective outer covering
- tamaleSteamed filled corn dough
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
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- outer coveringsshell, hull, chaff, pod, rind
- food wrappersbanana leaf, grape leaf, cabbage leaf, lettuce leaf, nori
- wrappersplastic wrap, cling wrap, cling film, aluminum foil, tin foil
- bractsbract, spathe, lemma
- stuffingstuffing, bread stuffing, down, cornbread stuffing, sage stuffing
- casingscasing, shell casing, bullet casing, brass casing, cartridge case
corn anatomy
corn huskcorn kernel
Individual maize seed
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