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husk(e
n.
Additional spellings:
huske
19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The outside covering of nuts, and certain fruits; (b) the cup of an acorn; (c) husk or chaff of grain; (d) a cocoon; (e) the carapace of a beetle.
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