halm

American  

[hawm] / hɔm /

noun

1. a variant of haulm.

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halm British  

/ hɔːm /

noun

1. a variant spelling of haulm

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Example Sentences

Epichloë, which clothes the sheaths and halms of grasses with its stroma, at first snowy white and later ochre-yellow as the perithecia form, is another example.

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A halm of wheat, brought hither God knows whence, was playing the lonely dandy.

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If there is an insufficiency of dung, you can add a foot of dry rubbish, such as strawberry or asparagus halm, or any other loose stuff.

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Entering a boat on the river, where we cannot touch the bottom with the oar, we perceive a little white flower waving to and fro, supported by long spiral halms between straight, grass-like leaves.

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He distributes a multitude of straws, which he inserts to stick out in different places, so that the halm may remind him of what his memory cannot retain.

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