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dried husk

dried husk

4.0
The dry outer covering of a seed or fruit that you remove before eating
  • noun
  • /draɪd hʌsk/
translation icon : cáscara seca
  • The dried husk of the coconut must be cracked open to reach the fruit inside.

Examples

  • Stuck between the petals of sunflowers were the dried husks of bees, looking like small, hairy clumps of mud.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Before cooking, it is important to remove the dried husk from the corn kernels.

  • Farmers often separate the grain from the dried husk during the harvest process.

Synonyms

husk
vsdried husk
27 3.2

The dry outer covering of a seed or grain that you remove before you eat it

is the same covering specifically after it has become dry
shuck
vsdried husk
8 7.4

The dry outer covering of seeds that you remove before eating corn

is just the dry outer shell itself not the loose pieces removed in processing

Surface Forms

dried husk singular
dried husks plural

Morphology

dried + husk

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dried' (made dry) with 'husk' (the protective outer layer of a seed or fruit), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a husk that has lost moisture. This simple adjective + noun composition describes a literal physical state and is cross-linguistically common, making it immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Dried husk names the dry outer shell of a seed or fruit. Husk is the shell and dried shows it is hard and brittle, and people strip or throw this shell away before eating, so the phrase means 'the outer covering that is removed before eating'.