haulm

American  

[hawm] / hɔm /

Or halm

noun

1. stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.

2. a single stem or stalk.

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haulm British  

/ hɔːm /

noun

1. the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc

2. a single stem of such a plant

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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

Where the disease is very rife it attacks haulm as well as tubers, and a yellowish-green mass may sometimes be found just above or just below the surface of the soil.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Another frequent means of dissemination is caused by consigning infected haulm to the waste heap instead of to the fire.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

When frost comes on, the boxes are protected by any kind of litter and haulm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

The name has been got from healm, or haulm, straw, and leac, a plant, because of the dry hollow stalks which remain after flowering is done.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

It is next to impossible to grow them too well; for if the haulm runs up higher than usual, the produce will be the finer.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons