Cornhusk Definitions

Useful Words

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Angiocarpic : ملفوف پھل , Coir : بان , Hazel : ریٹھے کا درخت , Areca Catechu : پان , Cocoanut : ناریل , Mealie : مکئی , Genus Zea : بھٹہ , Corn Syrup : مکئی کا عرق , Cornmeal : مکئی کا آٹا , Corncrib : غلہ رکھنے کا گودام , Hominy : مکئی کا دلیہ , Corn : مکئی , Corn Cob : بھٹہ , Cornflour : مکئی کا سفوف , Agrostemma : گل علف , Succotash : مکئ کے ابلے ھوئے بھٹوں اور سفید لوبیے پر مشتمل ایک پکوان , Quern : ہاتھ کی چکی , Field Corn : غلہ , Flint Corn : مکئی کی قسم , Corn : دانہ , Caryopsis : اناج , Corn Earworm : مکئی کپاس اور ٹماٹر وں پر لگنے والی سنڈی , Grits : ابلی ہوئی مکئی , Stover : مویشیوں کا چارہ , Head Smut : بھٹے کی بیماری , Marshmallow : ایک قسم کی مٹھائی , Amylum : نشاستہ , Corn : مکئی , Ear : کان , Chaff : چھال

Useful Words Definitions

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Angiocarpic: having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk.

Coir: stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.

Hazel: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk.

Areca Catechu: southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk).

Cocoanut: large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk.

Mealie: an ear of corn.

Genus Zea: corn.

Corn Syrup: syrup prepared from corn.

Cornmeal: coarsely ground corn.

Corncrib: a crib for storing and drying ears of corn.

Hominy: hulled corn with the bran and germ removed.

Corn: ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food.

Corn Cob: the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.

Cornflour: starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.

Agrostemma: a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles.

Succotash: fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream.

Quern: a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand.

Field Corn: corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain.

Flint Corn: corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm.

Corn: the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal.

Caryopsis: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.

Corn Earworm: larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops.

Grits: coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States.

Stover: the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested.

Head Smut: smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut.

Marshmallow: spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar.

Amylum: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles.

Corn: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.

Ear: the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

Chaff: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.