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| bran |
the husk of wheat and other cereal grains, left after the grain is ground and the flour or meal is sifted out. |
| conker |
(chiefly British; informal) a brown, inedible nut encased in a spiky husk produced by a horse chestnut tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| decorticate |
to husk, debark, or peel. [1/2 definitions] |
| husk |
to strip the husk or husks from. [1/3 definitions] |
| husking bee |
a gathering of family, friends, or neighbors to husk corn, usu. held as a party or celebration with other festivities included; cornhusking; husking. |
| husky1 |
resembling or covered with a husk. [1/3 definitions] |
| kernel |
the seed contained within the husk of a nut or the stone of a fruit. [1/4 definitions] |
| shuck |
the protective outer covering of any of various vegetables, fruits, or shellfish; husk, pod, or shell. [1/3 definitions] |
| whole grain |
unrefined wheat, corn, or other grain, from which the bran, or husk, and germ have not been removed, and which therefore contains more of the fiber and nutrients considered healthful than does refined grain. [1/2 definitions] |
| whole-wheat |
made with the whole grain of wheat, including the husk, or with flour made of the whole grain. |
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