Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The styles of Indian corn: same as
silk , 4. Corn-silk is officially recognized under the pharmacopœial name zea as a mild stimulant diuretic.
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Examples
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Pink, close-fitting T-shirt, white jeans, corn-silk hair in long braids.
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Pink, close-fitting T-shirt, white jeans, corn-silk hair in long braids.
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Pink, close-fitting T-shirt, white jeans, corn-silk hair in long braids.
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Pink, close-fitting T-shirt, white jeans, corn-silk hair in long braids.
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Sergei with his corn-silk hair and bright blue eyes.
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Sergei with his corn-silk hair and bright blue eyes.
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Sergei with his corn-silk hair and bright blue eyes.
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Gedden stood back, his corn-silk dreads flying in the breeze like a wind sock, and deftly lifted the little chopper one, two, three feet off the ground.
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Gedden stood back, his corn-silk dreads flying in the breeze like a wind sock, and deftly lifted the little chopper one, two, three feet off the ground.
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Before Mercedes became Aunt Mercy, there was Rosie with corn-silk hair who accompanied Tío Angel to the front yard barbecue.
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