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A husk is the outer layer of a <a href="/s/seed">seed</a>, or the covering on a cob of <a href="/c/corn">corn</a> or maize. A husk is also used to describe the outer shell that an insect loses when it <a href="/m/moult">moults</a>. The husks in the photo are <a href="/c/coconut">coconut</a> husks.
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Plant parts
A husk is the outer layer of a
seed
, or the covering on a cob of
corn
or maize.
A husk is also used to describe the outer shell that an insect loses when it
moults
.
The husks in the photo are
coconut
husks.
Dennis Sylvester Hurd
/
CC BY-SA
