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Husk (or hull) in botany
Botany

Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the Scientific method of plant life and development....
 is the outer shell or coating of a seed.







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Husk (or hull) in botany
Botany

Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the Scientific method of plant life and development....
 is the outer shell or coating of a seed.

Noun

It usually refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize
Maize

Maize , known as corn in some countries, is a cereal domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents....
 (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 or vegetable
Vegetable

The term "vegetable" generally means the Eating parts of plants. The definition of the word is traditional rather than scientific, however, and therefore the usage of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of food selection and food preparation....
. It can also refer to the exuvia
Exuvia

Exuvia is a term used in biology to describe the remains of an exoskeleton that is left after an arthropod has ecdysis. The exuvia of an animal can be important to biologists as it can often be used identify the species of the animal and even its sex....
 of bugs or small animals left behind after moulting
Ecdysis

Ecdysis is the molting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups . Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed....
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Plantago-seed mucilage is often referred to as husk, or psyllium
Psyllium

Psyllium or Ispaghula is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage....
 husk.

Verb

To husk corn is to remove its inner layers leaving only the cob
Maize

Maize , known as corn in some countries, is a cereal domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents....
 or seed rack of the corn.

See also

  • Chaff
    Chaff

    Chaff is the inedible, dry, scaly protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain, or similar fine, dry, scaly plant material such as scaly parts of flowers, or finely chopped straw....
  • Bran
    Bran

    Bran is the hard outer layer of grain and consists of combined aleurone and pericarp. Along with cereal germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, and is often produced as a by-product of milling in the production of refined grains....
  • Gum
    Gum (botany)

    Gum is a sap or other resinous material associated with certain species of the plant kingdom. This material is often polysaccharide based and most frequently is associated with woody plants, particularly under the bark or as a seed coating....
  • Horsebread
    Horsebread

    Horsebread was a type of bread commonly consumed in medieval Europe. This bread was a low-quality bread, made from legumes as well or instead of grains, and was one of the cheapest breads available....
     (a type of bread in which the chaff is not removed)