hulling

Stripping seed covers

Hulling is removing the hull—the outer covering—from seeds, nuts, or fruit.

You hull strawberries by cutting out the leafy cap and core.

You hull rice or barley by stripping away the tough outer husk.

She spent the afternoon hulling walnuts from the backyard tree.

grain

dehulling

Removing seed's outer layer

shucking · pearling · polishing · milling · scouring · sifting · decorticating · grinding · groat · oatmeal

seeds

dehulling

Removing seed's outer layer

pitting · scarifying · sunflower · sesame · hemp · pumpkin · cottonseed · soybean · stripping · cleaning

husk

shell

Hard outer covering

seed coat · outer layer · covering · casing · rind · skin · endocarp · cortex · pods

equipment

combine

Merge, or harvesting machine

  • thresherGrain-stalk separation device
  • millGrain-crushing facility
  • shellerDevice removing hard casings

separator · mechanical · manual · industrial · machine · roller · abrasion · processing

strawberries

stemming

Root-form reduction process

  • coringRemoving central portion
  • calyxCollective sepals encircling petals
  • leavesTree's photosynthetic organs

stem · prep · paring · trimming · topping · knife

Categories
Opposites
processing direction

hullingencasing

Surrounding with material

sheathing · coating · covering · enclosing · wrapping

agricultural cycle stage

hullingplanting

Placing seeds in earth

sowing · seeding · cultivating · growing · germinating

Family

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Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G