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Definition of Husklike
1. resembling a husk [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Husklike
Literary usage of Husklike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"After ARBER. leaves or pinnae, the seeds terminating naked branches and often
being invested by husklike cupules (figs. ..."
2. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"In the bog rushes (Juncus) the flowers and fruits are not inclosed in husklike
scales as they are in the bulrushes. The leaves are pithy or in some species ..."
3. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"The kernels are small and are often enclosed in long ellipsoid husklike
coverings (glumes). The plant has been typecast as a source of brooms and brushes, ..."
4. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"The nut has a thin husklike outer cover and a rather thick shell, and the meat
is difficult to remove, and is so ill-flavored that it is little prized by ..."
5. A Popular Description of the Indigenous Plants of Lanarkshire: With a by William Patrick (1831)
"... covered by the three inner husklike leaves of the calyx. 1. Inner lobes of
the calyx entire. Species I. Great Water Dock, R. Aqua- ticus. Rare. ..."
6. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1919)
"A. Flowers not inclosed by husklike scales, composed of 3 sepals and 3 petals;
... Flowers inclosed by husklike scales, without a proper calyx or corolla; ..."
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