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”

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Example Sentences

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haulm

The first application should be given towards the end of June or early in July, immediately the haulm is sufficiently developed.

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

This cow he attended to with his own hand, carefully examining each stalk or haulm she ate, in order that no poisonous weed might be consumed by her, and thus poison the milk.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai

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

Peas under 3 ft. in height do not require sticking, but they can be more easily gathered if a few small twigs are used to keep the haulm off the ground.

From Gardening for the Million by Alfred Pink

It may be a clerical error for "Kasabah" = stalk, haulm, straw.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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