corn silk


noun
  1. the long, threadlike, silky styles on an ear of corn.

Origin of corn silk

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby corn silk

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How to use corn silk in a sentence

  • The postmaster was one of the china-eyed, corn-silk Swedes, and he owned quite a bit of Goldstone.

    Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor Gates
  • I caught her to my heart and kissed the soft corn-silk hair, the deep melting eyes, the ripe red lips.

    The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine
  • "You have a fine, natural swing," said the Colonel in a tone soft as corn silk.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Can you put the corn-silk back on the corn, or the down on the catkins—say?

    Our Boys | Various
  • From velvet muzzle to sweeping tail, from mottled croup to fetlocks, she shone in the sunlight like corn-silk.

British Dictionary definitions for corn silk

corn silk

noun
  1. US and Canadian the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic

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