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husk (n.)
1.outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
2.material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
husk (v. trans.)
1.remove the husks from"husk corn"
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Merriam Webster
HuskHusk (hŭsk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
HuskHusk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.] To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
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husk (v. trans.)
ferret about in, pare, search, search for, search through, shell, skin, unravel, sift (colloquial)
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husk (v. trans.)
↘ baring, decortication, dehulling, denudation, hulling, husking, shelling, stripping, uncovering
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husk (n.)
case, sheath - cover, covering, dressing, natural covering[Hyper.]
husk, shell[Dérivé]
husk (n.)
plant material, plant substance[Hyper.]
shuck - husk, shell - chafflike, chaffy[Dérivé]
husk (v. tr.)
husk (v. tr.)
bark; skin[Classe]
éplucher (cuisine) (fr)[Classe]
enlever qqch à qqch en séparant (fr)[Classe]
(shellfish; crustacean), (shellfish; crustacean)[termes liés]
Wikipedia
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Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable. It can also refer to the exuvia of bugs or small animals left behind after moulting.
Plantago-seed mucilage is often referred to as husk, or psyllium husk.
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Husking of corn is the process of removal of its inner layers, leaving only the cob or seed rack of the corn.
Dehulling is the process of removing the hulls (or chaff) from beans and other seeds. This is sometimes done using a machine known as a huller. To prepare the seeds to have oils extracted from them, they are cleaned to remove any foreign objects. Next, the seeds have their hulls, or outer coverings, or husk, removed. There are three different types of dehulling systems that can be used to process soybeans: Hot Dehulling, Warm Dehulling and Cold Dehulling. Hot Dehulling is the system offered in areas where beans are processed directly from the field. Warm Dehulling is often used by processors who import their soybeans. Cold Dehulling is offered to plants that have existing drying and conditioning equipment, but need to add dehulling equipment to produce high protein meal. The different dehulling temperature options are for different types of production, beans and preparation equipment.
In third-world countries, husking and dehulling is still often done by hand using a large mortar and pestle. These are usually made of wood, and operated by one or more people.
The husk is biodegradable and should be left in a compost pile.
The term 'husk' is sometimes used to describe the external shell of religion (going to places of worship, revelation, and other practices) whereas the inside 'kernel' describes the immediate and universal feeling of consciousness that religion provides believers with.
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