corn silk

noun

The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.

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Meanings

nouncorn silk (uncountable)

alternative cornsilk

  1. uncountableThe fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.
  2. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of cornsilk (a colour of yellow that is like that of these fibres)

Synonyms & antonyms

nouneach of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From corn (“maize”) + silk.

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Translations

Polish wąsy kukurydzy, nitki kukurydzy
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APA

corn silk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20silk

MLA

“corn silk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20silk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn silk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20silk.

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