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culm1 definition

culm (kulm)

noun

  1. waste material from coal screenings or washings
  2. fine pieces of anthracite coal

Etymology: northern Brit dial. < ME colme, culme < ? OE col, coal + ? suffix as in fæthm, fathom

culm2 definition

culm (kulm)

noun

the jointed stem of various grasses, usually hollow

Etymology: L culmus, a stalk, stem < IE *kolemos < Gr kalamos, reed, Ger halm, blade (of grass)

intransitive verb

to grow or develop into a culm

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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