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- adjective Resembling a
husk or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And the design for the arts center in New Caledonia is downright romantic in its curved, husklike forms, evoking the shape of local native huts.
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At the commencement of the process of depositing the honeycomb, they throw off a slippery mucus, and of this the husklike formations are composed.
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The kernels are small and are often enclosed in long ellipsoid husklike coverings (glumes).
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He opened the pack and took out the remaining half-dozen boxes, each wrapped in the soft, husklike leaves that protected them, and set each box, still-wrapped, on the side of the desk.
The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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He opened the pack and took out the remaining half-dozen boxes, each wrapped in the soft, husklike leaves that protected them, and set each box, still-wrapped, on the side of the desk.
The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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