husked
Stripped of covering
Husked describes something that has had its husk removed—the dry outer covering of seeds, grains, or nuts.
Corn is husked before cooking, and husked rice has had its rough outer layer stripped away.
The word can also work in reverse: a husked coconut might be one still wearing its fibrous shell, depending on context.
We bought pre-husked walnuts to save time.
Outer coating removed
- shuckedRemoved outer shell
- hulledOuter covering removed
- peeledStripped of outer layer
- shelledOuter casing removed
stripped · threshed · winnowed · cleaned · processed · milled · polished · pounded
Gathering mature crops
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
sickle · baler · cultivation · farming · husbandry · crop · granary · silo
dehusked
Outer coating removed
shelled · stripped · threshed · winnowed · cleaned · processed · milled · polished · pounded · ground
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- chaffProtective seed coverings
combine · sickle · baler · cultivation · farming · husbandry · crop · granary · silo · mill
rice
Staple cereal grain
oats · millet · sorghum · rye · buckwheat · quinoa · amaranth · teff · spelt · maize
stripped
Had coverings removed
denuded · bared · revealed · unprotected · vulnerable · opened · unwrapped · unsealed
fibrous
Made of threads
chaffy · dry · brittle · flaky · layered · crinkly · woody · stringy
- corn huskOuter maize leaf layers
- coconut huskFibrous outer shell
- corn huskingRemoving outer maize leaves
- corn huskerMaize leaf remover
- corn husk dollsToys from maize wrappers
- rice husksProtective grain casings