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noun
the long, threadlike, silky styles on an ear of corn.
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Origin of corn silk
First recorded in 1850â55
Words nearby corn silk
corn rose, cornrow, corn salad, corn shock, corn shuck, corn silk, corn smut, corn snake, corn snow, corn stack, cornstalk
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British Dictionary definitions for corn silk
corn silk
noun
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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