corn silk

noun

the long, threadlike, silky styles on an ear of corn.

Origin of corn silk

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby corn silk

corn rose, cornrow, corn salad, corn shock, corn shuck, corn silk, corn smut, corn snake, corn snow, corn stack, cornstalk

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Example sentences from the Web for corn silk

Her pale blue eyes, like the painted eyes of a china doll, were red with constant tears under their corn-silk lashes.
Tharon of Lost Valley|Vingie E. Roe
He took out his pipe and filled it from a handful of corn-silk in his jumper pocket.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl|Eleanor Gates
Her hair, bleached the color of corn-silk, fell over her face in elfin wildness.
The Valiants of Virginia|Hallie Erminie Rives
From velvet muzzle to sweeping tail, from mottled croup to fetlocks, she shone in the sunlight like corn-silk.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl|Eleanor Gates

Ah, Sor Conte, she had blue eyes, and her hair was like the corn-silk.
A Roman Singer|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for corn silk

corn silk

noun

US and Canadian the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic

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单词	corn silk
释义	corn silk noun the long, threadlike, silky styles on an ear of corn. Origin of corn silk First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby corn silk corn rose, cornrow, corn salad, corn shock, corn shuck, corn silk, corn smut, corn snake, corn snow, corn stack, cornstalk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for corn silk Her pale blue eyes, like the painted eyes of a china doll, were red with constant tears under their corn-silk lashes. Tharon of Lost Valley\|Vingie E. Roe He took out his pipe and filled it from a handful of corn-silk in his jumper pocket. The Biography of a Prairie Girl\|Eleanor Gates Her hair, bleached the color of corn-silk, fell over her face in elfin wildness. The Valiants of Virginia\|Hallie Erminie Rives From velvet muzzle to sweeping tail, from mottled croup to fetlocks, she shone in the sunlight like corn-silk. The Biography of a Prairie Girl\|Eleanor Gates Ah, Sor Conte, she had blue eyes, and her hair was like the corn-silk. A Roman Singer\|F. Marion Crawford British Dictionary definitions for corn silk corn silk noun US and Canadian the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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