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Between the rows: Working with researchers at Colorado State University, Olathe growers experimented with drones to apply insecticides this year and spent early months looking for eggs on the corn silk, the Colorado Sun reports.
—John Frank, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024
Snuff products are made with molasses, corn silk, and kudzu root while pouches are made with green tea, cellulose, and glycerine.
—Larry Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
No pesky corn silk clinging to everything in sight.
—Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
Or, when anyone wandering into a cute farmstand feels entitled to destroy every ear of corn to get the dozen best ones, leaving a mauled pile of corn silk and husks for the next customer.
—Holly Peterson, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Corn silk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20silk. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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