Added 10 October 2026 cornsilk noun Categories: PlantsObscure Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about cornsilk at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn. Origin From corn (“maize”) + silk. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: cornflowercelerywhitecornprimrosesilkcrow-silksunflower Back to today's word