Talk:Husk

Do not move to wictionary
"Husk" is a botanical term that refers to a part of a plant. It should be kept on wikipedia. --Ezeu 02:07, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Remove HUSK band to its own article or delete it
Two topics in one article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metalliqaz (talk • contribs) 22:25, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Differentiate maize husks from hulls
The opening of the article implies that 'husk' and 'hull' are interchangeable and then goes on to provide maize examples in words and pictures: "Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable." A corn husk and the process of husking is not the same as a corn hull and the process of hulling (after nixtamalization has dissolved the hull). The maize (corn) article refers to husks in the sense of the leafy outer covering; it does not refer to hulls but does refer to a pericarp and states that the pericarp "is fused with the seed coat referred to as "caryopsis"". However since the caryopsis article states that the caryopsis "is a type of simple dry fruit" and that "in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat", and since the 'Anatomy of grass fruits' section of the article on 'Fruit anatomy' echoes this definition but adds that the pericarp is the ovary wall; I conclude that the pericarp and the seed coat are a subset of the caryopsis. No mention is made of either husks or hulls in the 'Fruit anatomy' article. 'Seed coat' points to the Seed article; this article likewise does not mention hulls and the only husk reference is "In the case of sunflower and corn "seeds", what is sown is the seed enclosed in a shell or husk". Okay, that's confusing. The Seed article goes on to say that the seed coat is also called the testa, and that "The seeds of corn are constructed with these structures; pericarp, scutellum (single large cotyledon) that absorbs nutrients from the endosperm, endosperm, plumule, radicle, coleoptile and coleorhiza—these last two structures are sheath-like and enclose the plumule and radicle, acting as a protective covering.". My interpretation of these articles is that 'hull' - at least in the context of seeds - should point to the Seed article rather than to the Husk article, the Husk article should not equate hulls to husks, the maize (corn) article should clarify the pericarp / caryopsis relationship, the Fruit anatomy article should point to the Seed article for discussions of seed coats and hulls, and the nixtamalization article should clarify at what point in the process the hull / seed coat removal occurs.Penelope Gordon (talk) 20:46, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I found out that I have problems to digest corn (maize). First it doesn't really feed, I'm still hungry after eating a lot of corn. Second there are full corn hulls left in the faeces. So I'm convinced that corn needs to be grinded like wheat. Either with or without lime. However, if you want to loose weight, you should eat a lot of corn instead of wheat. 178.197.236.74 (talk) 11:59, 24 August 2013 (UTC)