corn silk
the long, threadlike, silky styles on an ear of corn.
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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 GatesI 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 LoanCan you put the corn-silk back on the corn, or the down on the catkins—say?
Our Boys | VariousFrom velvet muzzle to sweeping tail, from mottled croup to fetlocks, she shone in the sunlight like corn-silk.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl | Eleanor Gates
British Dictionary definitions for corn silk
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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