Hulled

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /hʌld/

Definitions

1. The process of taking off the outer layer or shell from seeds or fruits is described as hulling
2. Hulling refers to the act of removing the outer covering of grains or legumes to prepare them for consumption
3. The removal of the outer casing from various seeds or fruits is referred to as the act of excluding the hull

Etymology: The shell of a seed or nut and the hull of a ship turn out to be the same word. Old English "hulu" meant a seed covering, and it came from a Germanic root "*hul-" that suggests covering or hiding. Middle English later stretched the term to the body of a ship, probably because a ship's frame encloses its cargo much as a pod encloses peas, and the two senses have run side by side ever since. "Hulled" is simply the past tense and past participle of "hull", used here as an adjective for grain, rice or berries whose outer covering has been removed. Its meaning is literal: the cover has been taken off, leaving the inner kernel.

Synonyms: cored, de-seeded, peeled, shelled, stripped