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

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haulm

It should always be of the same temperature as the frame, and as soon as the haulm commences to turn yellow watering must be discontinued.

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

Another concession made by the farmer to the men was that each man was allowed after harvest a load of "haulm," or wheat stubble, left in the field from reaping time.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred

I did not catch this specimen, as I do not like killing butterflies now, but I had ample leisure to observe it quite closely on the haulm of potatoes.

From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.

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

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

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