Definition of husk

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Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize..

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Palea :: Palea (n.) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
Vetiver :: Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus..
Husky :: Husky (n.) Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..
Siliculose :: Siliculose (a.) Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky..
Bee :: Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee..
Husky :: Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice..
Dehusk :: Dehusk (v. t.) To remove the husk from.
Husked :: Husked (imp. & p. p.) of Hus.
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.
Husked :: Husked (a.) Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..
Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk..
Shude :: Shude (n.) The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake..
Shale :: Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
Huskily :: Huskily (adv.) In a husky manner; dryly.
Unshale :: Unshale (v. t.) To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover..
Husk :: Husk (n.) The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize..
Algarovilla :: Algarovilla (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye..
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