Haulm

//hɒm// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. uncountable
  2. 2
    stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding wordnet
  3. 3
    An individual plant stem. countable
  4. 4
    Part of a harness; a hame. countable

Synonyms

All synonyms
axisbolecanehalmhelmpedicel

Etymology

From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.

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