haulm
Americannoun
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stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
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a single stem or stalk.
noun
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the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc
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a single stem of such a plant
Etymology
Origin of haulm
First recorded before 900; Middle English halm, Old English healm; cognate with Dutch, German halm, Old Norse halmr; akin to Latin culmus “stalk,” Greek kálamos “reed”
Example Sentences
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If Phytophthora has obtained access, the fungus hyphae spread between the cells, starting from the haulm, and cause the flesh to turn yellowish and then brown in patches.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
The Druids cut their misletoe with a golden hook, and the Persians cut the twigs of Ghez, or haulm, called bursam, with a peculiar sort of concentrated knife.
From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An
In other instances the haulm of the seed is left in the field so that the cattle have access to it.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
The residuum, after extraction of the oil, and the haulm are nutritious cattle foods.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William
Jack set to work at once to help, but he had hardly dragged away a couple of handfuls of haulm when he started up with a cry of alarm.
From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by Overend, William Heysham
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