Usually means: Outer covering of a corn.
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  1. cornhusk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. cornhusk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cornhusk: Vocabulary.com
  4. cornhusk: Wordnik
  5. cornhusk: Wiktionary
  6. cornhusk: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. cornhusk: Dictionary.com
  8. cornhusk: Rhymezone
  9. cornhusk: FreeDictionary.org
  10. cornhusk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. cornhusk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cornhusk: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The husk of an ear of corn (maize).

Similar:
husking bee, cornstalk, corn silk, baby corn, cornsilk, corn, Indian corn, maize, seedcorn, whitecorn, more...

Opposite:
silk, kernel, cob, ear

Types:
silk, corn, cotton, paper, more...

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Similar:
husking bee, cornstalk, corn silk, baby corn, cornsilk, corn, Indian corn, maize, seedcorn, whitecorn, more...

Opposite:
silk, kernel, cob, ear

Types:
silk, corn, cotton, paper, more...



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