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The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

A coconut has a very thick husk.

To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

His attorney was a dried up husk of a man, ready for the grave, with one foot already inside and another on a banana peel.

{n} the covering of some fruits refuse
{v} to strip off or cover with husks
The supporting frame of a run of millstones
remove the husks from; "husk corn"
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn
A husk is the outer covering of a grain or a seed. to remove the husks from grains, seeds etc
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
{i} dry outer covering of seeds and fruits
The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize
{f} remove the outer covering of seeds or fruits
outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds remove the husks from; "husk corn
To remove husk(s) from
to husk
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