husk
noun /hʌsk/
  /hʌsk/
- the dry outer layer that covers nuts, fruits and seeds, especially grain
- Brown rice has not had the husks removed.
 - (figurative) There was only the husk left of his former self.
 
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHusk is used after these nouns:- coconut
 - corn
 
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.