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English term or phrase:	corn silk
Spanish translation:	barbas de elote
Entered by:	Henry Hinds

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22:48 Aug 20, 2008

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Social Sciences - Agriculture / book for children on organic agriculture

English term or phrase: corn silk

"Place the corn silk on the pointed end and carefully peel down the husks".
A qué se refiere eso de "corn silk"? no logro encontrarlo.
Gracias

Rafael Castaneda KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (5 open) Answers: 31
Local time: 01:01

barbas de elote

Explanation:
¿Dijiste para dónde? Te doy para México.

De chavo las fumaba.

Selected response from:

Henry Hinds
Local time: 17:01

Grading comment

gracias a todos
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

barbas de elote

Henry Hinds

barba del maíz

Daphne Corral

4 +1

hilacho, cabello de elote, hebra sedosa, pelo/cabello sedoso

Deborah Lockett

barba/pelo de choclo

Rodrigo Tejeda

Summary of reference entries provided
	pascalita

Answers

24 mins confidence:

barba/pelo de choclo

Explanation:
Nombres vulgares: barba de choclo, pelo de choclo.

Example sentence(s):

Pelo de choclo para tener riñones sanos...

Reference: http://www.derebote.com/vida/pelo_de_choclo_rinones_sanos.ht...
Reference: http://www.alimentacion-sana.com.ar/informaciones/plantas%20...

Rodrigo Tejeda
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of:

Spanish

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

barbas de elote

Explanation:
¿Dijiste para dónde? Te doy para México.

De chavo las fumaba.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

gracias a todos

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hilacho, cabello de elote, hebra sedosa, pelo/cabello sedoso

Explanation:
los nombres son varios, a tu elección
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=934622

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 00:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 109

1 hr confidence:

barba del maíz

Explanation:
Simon & Schusters

Daphne Corral
Local time: 20:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Reference comments

5 mins peer agreement (net): +1

Reference

Reference information:
Se refiere a los hilos del maíz cuando se encuentra en la planta, son los hilos amarillos que sobresalen de las hojas. Te adjunté una página web.

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en Chile se les dice pelos de choclo, también los he visto como pelos de elote (maíz)...

Reference: http://www.ageless.co.za/corn_silk.htm

pascalita
Chile
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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Aug 27, 2008 - Changes made by Henry Hinds:
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