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The female flower styles & stigma.
The silk is the stringy fibers on the inside of the corn husk that stick out of the top to catch pollen. Corn silk is also used as a diuretic in herbal medicine.
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Is there female and male corn?
There isn't a female and male corn. Each corn plant, however, does have a male and female part. The male part of the plant is at the very top and is called the tassel. The silk on the corn is the Female part. ~tobeornottobe55
What is the purpose of silk on and ear of corn?
To get straight to the point - the silk is on the ear of corn so it can catch the pollen falling from the tassels on top of the corn plant. Each silk is able to produce one kernel of corn.
What is the edible part of a corn called?
The stringy part of corn is usually called corn silk or tassle. Scientifically, each filament is called a "style" and is actually a prolonged portion of the plant ovary.
What are the physical characteristics of the corn plant?
It is a tall, about 6 ft stalk with a maize head, or corn cob containing seeds and corn silk.
Which part of a flower does corn silk represent?
The stigma of the female flower
Which part of the plant is sweetcorn?
The ear of sweet corn is the fruit, or reproductive organ, of the corn plant.
Is maize a flowering plant?
Maize or corn is a monocotyledonous flowering plant. At the top of the stalk is the tassel which represents the cluster of male flowers. The female part is the "cob" that emerges from the axil of a leaf. Maize actually produces ears of corn. The ear consists of the grains of corn attached to the cob, the silk that transfers the pollen to the grains and the shuck that protects the rest of the ear.
What part of the plant does corn oil come from?
Corn oil comes from the corn kernels themselves.
Can you weave corn silk?
Yes, corn silk can be woven.Specifically, the threads which jut out from each kernel on an ear of corn constitute what is meant by corn silk. Corn silk lends itself to being woven even though it is extremely fine. Clothing and wigs represent the most successfully marketed of corn silk-woven products and rope the least.
What is the purpose of corn silk on a corn plant?
The anther of a corn plant is at the very top. The anthers, attached to their filament, make up the stamen. The stamen produce pollen. The silk on the ear of corn is the pistil, made up of a stigma, a style, and an ovary. Each thread of silk is attached to an ovary (potential seed), which will develop into a kernel of corn. The pistil must receive some pollen from the anthers in order to fertilize the ovary and make a kernel of corn. Without the silk (pistil), there would be no kernel. Removing all of the pistils from an ear of corn will result in no corn on the cob.
What part of the corn plant photosynthesis occur?
the chloroplasts
What plants are in the corn family?
The corn that we eat is the seed part of the corn plant. Each little kernel is a fertilized seed, and if left to mature and dry can be planted and will grow a corn plant.
