Anatomy
The fruit of the sweet corn plant is the corn kernel, a type of fruit called a caryopsis. The ear is a collection of kernels on the cob. Because corn is a monocot, there is always an even number of rows of kernels. The ear is covered by tightly wrapped leaves called the husk. Silk is the name for the pistillate flowers, which emerge from the husk. The husk and silk are removed by hand, before boiling but not before roasting, in a process called husking or shucking.
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“I love to see, when leaves depart,
The clear anatomy arrive,”
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)