unhusked

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unhusk

comparative more unhusked · superlative most unhusked

1. Without a husk.

   For 1975 they would range from 240 million to 259 million tons, depending on husked or unhusked variety.

   1976, India: Conflict System, Security Environment, and Policymaking for Defense

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   In late-imperial Jiaxing, the seed-to-yield ratio for unhusked rice sown to unhusked rice reaped was, as a measure of volume, between 1:45 and 1:51 in good years for the better farmers.

   2006, Mark Elvin, The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China, →ISBN

   Table II-4 calculates the returns that a peasant could obtain from 1000m² of sawah in 1993 with the premise that yields per hectare were 60 quintals of gabah basah (unhusked paddy containing approximately 25 percent of moisture).

   2007, Hyung-Jun Kim, Reformist Muslims in Yagyakarta Village, →ISBN

   see also barley, barley, husked, barley, unhusked (naked), barley (pressed), bone meal, bran, calf fattening mixed feed, coconut, ...

   2007, Martin Weidenbörner, Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs, →ISBN, page 26

   Lesser unhusked paddies translates into a high degree of hulling requirement while small amount of broken rice means good performance as well as good rice quality.

   2017, Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah, Ho Chai-Ling, Carol Wagstaff, Crop Improvement: Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Technology, →ISBN

   Synonyms: huskless

comparative more unhusked · superlative most unhusked

1. Having the husk on; still on the husk; not husked.

   Unhusked nuts fetch higher prices than husked nuts in areas where there are retting facilities (e.g. backwater areas).

   1965, India Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Report on the marketing of coconuts and coconut products in India

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   Jerking the ears and storing them unhusked is a method of harvesting employed in some sections, especially in the South, where the argument usually given in its favor is that if the husks are on the ears they are more protected from the grain weevil.

   1916, Carl Schurz Vrooman, Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line, page 17

   Most modern shellers can handle an unhusked crop and in fact, the majority of shellers work better if the crop is not husked because of the cushioning effect provided by the sheath.

   1972, Rhodesia Agricultural Journal - Volumes 69-70, page 43

   Rice is stored after harvesting in its unhusked form. Husking of rice takes place only for consumption, and not for storage or selling purposes, and the quantity of rice that is husked may vary from family to family.

   2014, Quinbala Marak, Food Politics: Studying Food, Identity and Difference among the Garos, →ISBN