NOUN | plant | corn silk, cornsilk | each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn |
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Meaning | Each 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 | cornsilk | |
Broader | style | (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |
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