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Morphology of Flowering Plants
The Flower
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- Corn silk is style
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Hairs found in the inflorescences of Zea mays are the modification of :In maize, the female inflorescence (cob) bears many pistils. The long, thread-like 'silk' (hairs) hanging out of the cob are the long styles of the pistils, ending in feathery stigmas that catch the wind-borne pollen.
So the hairs of the Zea mays inflorescence are modified styles.