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

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

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

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

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

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