husk

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

husk [husk husks husked husking] noun, verb BrE [hʌsk] NAmE [hʌsk]
noun
the dry outer covering of nuts, fruits and seeds, especially of grain
•Brown rice has not had the husks removed.
• (figurative)There was only the husk left of his former self.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.
 
verb ~ sth
to remove the ↑husks from grain, seeds, nuts, etc.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Low German hūske ‘sheath’, literally ‘little house’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble, shell