Vegetable with a cob and a husk Crossword Clue

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Vegetable with a cob and a husk Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
2. tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
(verb)
1. feed (cattle) with corn
2. preserve with salt

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HUSK (verb)
1. remove the husks from
HUSK (noun)
1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
2. outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
VEGETABLE (noun)
1. edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
2. any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower

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