CORN
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-06-27_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in a ripe cornfield in Wisconsin.</a>)  Because it feels like the fabric of the same name, the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-06-27_DJ_09a.jpg" target="_blank">tuft</a> at the end of an ear of corn is called this'
the silk