Cornsilk (Noun)
Meaning
Each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Cornsilk forms at the tip of each ear of corn as the ear develops.
- As she gently removed the outer leaves from the ear of corn, she found the soft yellow cornsilk.
- Delicate and soft to the touch, cornsilk adorns the ear of an Indian corn.
- You need to peel away the layers to reveal the fragile threads of cornsilk at the end.
- During harvesting season, dried-out cornsilk crumbles at the slightest touch.