Look up: husk

1. Husk
   [comics] Mutantes Sans Frontières Husk (Paige Guthrie) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. Guthrie is a superhero associated with the X-Men. A mutant, Husk has the ability to remove one layer of skin - or "husk" - revealing an epidermis of a different composition beneath. She often...
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2. Husk
   Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable. It can also refer to the exuvia of bugs o...
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3. husk
   worthless outside part of anything 
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4. husk
   [n] - outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds 2. [v] - remove the husks from, as of ears of corn
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5. husk
   outer covering of certain fruits(such as Juglans),usually derived from the perianth or involucre Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Husk
   Husk noun [ Prob. for hulsk , and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.] 1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the coveri...
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7. Husk
   Husk transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Husked ; present participle & verbal noun Husking .] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
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8. husk
   1. 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. ... 2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. ... <botany> Husks of the prodigal son, the pods of the carob tree. See Carob. ...
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9. husk
   verb remove the husks from; `husk corn`
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10. husk
    (husk) an outer covering or shell, as of some fruits and seeds. psyllium husk the cleaned, dried seed coat from the seeds of Plantago species; used as a bulk-forming laxative.
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11. Husk
    • (n.) The supporting frame of a run of millstones. • (v. t.) To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn. • (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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12. husk
    (from the article `Fagales`) ...the bracts of the catkins are deciduous, and the mature catkin shatters to release the winged fruit. In the remaining genera of Betulaceae, the ... ...(including its sheaf, the scutellum) that produces the new plant, (2) the starchy endosperm, which serves as food for the germinating seed and ... [2 re...
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13. Husk
    A decorative motif especially popular during the neo-classical period consisting of repeating bell shapes based on a wheat husk.
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14. Husk
    In common parlance, husk is the name given to the dried outer covering of some fruits and seeds. In America husk is also the name given to the outer covering of an ear of corn (maize).
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15. Husk
    [film] Husk is an American horror film. It stars Devon Graye, C. J. Thomason, Tammin Sursok and Ben Easter. It is directed by Brett Simmons. Part of the After Dark originals series. ==Plot== The film follows five friends on a weekend holiday who become stranded in a secluded farmland after w...
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16. Husk
    [disambiguation] A husk is the outer shell or coating of a seed. Husk may also refer to: ...
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