Husk remains on
Unshucked describes something still in its natural outer covering—corn with its husk intact, oysters still in their shells: unshucked oysters on ice, a basket of unshucked corn.
The term appears most often in cooking contexts where the covering will be removed before or during preparation.
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Husk remains on
Unshucked describes something still in its natural outer covering—corn with its husk intact, oysters still in their shells: unshucked oysters on ice, a basket of unshucked corn.
The term appears most often in cooking contexts where the covering will be removed before or during preparation.
1. corn — cob, Maize ear's central cylinder; kernel (Seed or essential core); ear (Auditory organ); silk (Fine woven insect fiber); tassel · roasted · buttered · grilled · boiled · steamed · cornsilk · niblet · sweetcorn · husking
2. shellfish — oyster, Pearl-bearing edible mollusk; clam (Sand-dwelling hinged shellfish); mussel (Edible two-shelled mollusk); shell (Hard outer covering); bivalve · raw bar · mollusk · cockle · scallop · briny · half-shell · pearl · seafood
shell/husk removal stateunshucked ≠ shucked Removed outer shell; shelled · husked · peeled · opened · cleaned
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/unshucked