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cornsilk

noun

Meaning

  1. The fine soft yellowish threads that are the stigmata of corn flowers, which are later enclosed inside the husk of corn ears next to the kernels on corn cobs.
  2. A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.
  3. Of a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.

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