Usually means: Outer shell of seeds, grains.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word Husk:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. husk: Merriam-Webster
  2. husk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. husk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. husk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. husk: Vocabulary.com
  6. Husk, husk: Wordnik
  7. husk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Husk: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Husk, husk: Wiktionary
  10. husk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. husk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. husk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Husk, husk: Dictionary.com
  14. husk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. husk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Husk (comics), Husk (disambiguation), Husk (film), Husk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Husk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. husk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. husk: Rhymezone
  20. husk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. husk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. husk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. husk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. husk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Husk: Infoplease Dictionary
  26. husk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. husk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. husk: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. husk: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HUSK: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Husk: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. husk, husk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. husk: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Husk)

noun:  The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
noun:  (figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
noun:  The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
verb:  (transitive) To remove husks from.
noun:  An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
verb:  (intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.
verb:  (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
noun:  A surname.

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