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culm
culm 1 C0798900 (kŭlm)n. The stem of a grass or similar plant.
[Latin culmus, stalk.]
culm 2 C0798900 (kŭlm)n.1. Waste from anthracite coal mines, consisting of fine coal, coal dust, and dirt.2. a. Carboniferous shale.b. Inferior anthracite coal.
[Middle English colme, coal dust, perhaps from Old English col, coal.]culm (kʌlm) n1. (Mining & Quarrying) coal-mine waste2. (Mining & Quarrying) inferior anthracite[C14: probably related to coal]
culm (kʌlm) n (Botany) the hollow jointed stem of a grass or sedge[C17: from Latin culmus stalk; see haulm]
Culm or Culm Measuresn (Geological Science) a formation consisting mainly of shales and sandstone deposited during the Carboniferous period in parts of Europe[C19: from culm1]culm1 (kʌlm)
n. 1. coal dust; slack. 2. anthracite, esp. of inferior grade. [1300–50; Middle English colme, probably =col coal + -m suffix of uncertain meaning; compare -m in Old English fæthm fathom, wæstm growth] culm2 (kʌlm)
n. 1. a stem or stalk, esp. the jointed and usu. hollow stem of grasses. v.i. 2. to grow or develop into a culm. [1650–60; < Latin culmus stalk; akin to calamus, haulm] culm (kŭlm) The stem of a grass or similar plant.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  culm - stem of plants of the Gramineae stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
Culm
culm[kəlm] (botany) A jointed and usually hollow grass stem. The solid stem of certain monocotyledons, such as the sedges. (mining engineering) Fine, refuse coal, screened and separated from larger pieces. Culm the cylindrical, usually hollow stem of a cereal grass. A culm is somewhat distended at the nodes, that is, at the site of leaf attachment. In some cereal grasses, for example, corn, the stalks are solid. The arrangement of the vascular bundles and mechanical tissues along the periphery of the culm imparts great resilience. culm
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