stover

American  

[stoh-ver] / ˈstoʊ vər /

noun

1. coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.

2. stalks and leaves, not including grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.

3. British Dialect. fodder minus the grain portion of the plant.

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stover British  

/ ˈstəʊvə /

noun

1. fodder

2. cornstalks used as fodder

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Etymology

Origin of stover

1300–50; Middle English; aphetic variant of estover; see estovers

Example Sentences

Corn stover is full of sugar but it's difficult to extract.

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

For the amount that animals will eat, almost as much feeding value is obtained from corn stover treated in this way as from timothy hay.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William