hull
noun
the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
hull-less
-
a word derived from
hull.
Example Sentences
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Ted Sevigny in Gainesville, Va., and his wife have two hummingbird feeders, two peanut feeders, two hull-less sunflower seed feeders, two thistle feeders, one black oil sunflower seed feeder and three bird baths.
From Washington Post
The best dry-farm spring barleys are those belonging to the beardless and hull-less types, though the more common varieties also yield well, especially the six-rowed beardless barley.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe
