Definition of "corn-silk" [corn-silk]

• The styles of Indian corn: same as silk, 4. Corn-silk is officially recognized under the pharmacopœial name zea as a mild stimulant diuretic. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pink, close-fitting T-shirt, white jeans, corn-silk hair in long braids."
• "Sergei with his corn-silk hair and bright blue eyes."
• "Gedden stood back, his corn-silk dreads flying in the breeze like a wind sock, and deftly lifted the little chopper one, two, three feet off the ground."