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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An example of biomass feedstocks includes wood residues from milling operations, sugarcane bagasse, or corn stover, all of which are abundant low-cost byproducts of forestry and agricultural operations.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
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
ICM’s research facility alongside Lifeline Foods strives to develop cellulosic ethanol from resources like corn stover and other materials.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2014
This, in fact, is part of the reason the company located there rather than competing on the mainland with cellulosic ethanol makers for corn stover or the like.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2012
So far as concerns the food of the cattle, milk is nourishing which is made from barley and stover and other such kinds of dry and hard cattle food.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
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