"silverskin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silverskins [plural], silver skin [alternative]
Etymology: From silver + skin. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|silver|skin}} silver + skin Head templates: {{en-noun}} silverskin (plural silverskins)
  1. A silverskin onion.
    Sense id: en-silverskin-en-noun-567GKpZb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 1 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 2 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 1 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 1 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 3 31
  2. A thin inner skin of a coffee bean.
    Sense id: en-silverskin-en-noun-2qteBdxd
  3. The tough, thin membrane of muscle, especially as found in preparing meats. Translations (cooking: membrane of muscle): kalvo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-silverskin-en-noun-KRg669Io Disambiguation of 'cooking: membrane of muscle': 4 0 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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