stover
Americannoun
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coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
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stalks and leaves, not including grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
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British Dialect. fodder minus the grain portion of the plant.
noun
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fodder
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cornstalks used as fodder
Etymology
Origin of stover
1300–50; Middle English; aphetic variant of estover; see estovers
Example Sentences
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He said people are trying to use the stover, the parts of a corn plant left on the ground after harvesting to make fuel.
From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023
A warehouse on INL’s Idaho Falls campus is home to all kinds of machinery used for grinding, chopping, compressing and measuring biomass fuels, from corn stover to woody waste.
From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2016
Hundreds of farmers have signed up to supply the stover, though Mr. Kollasch said the refinery here might have trouble getting all it needs.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014
As it stands, such cellulosic biorefineries get their materials either from the residue of conventional crops, such as corn stover, or from harvesting trees.
From Scientific American • Jan. 16, 2013
Such dusty work as pitching hay or stover or arranging bedding should be done either after or long before milking-time, for more germs fall into the milk if the air be full of dust.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
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