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• culm — noun /kʌlm/ a) waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack. ...because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once;... b) the stem of a… …   Wiktionary

• culm — culm1 [kulm] n. [northern Brit dial. < ME colme, culme < ? OE col, COAL + ? suffix as in fæthm, FATHOM] 1. waste material from coal screenings or washings 2. fine pieces of anthracite coal culm2 [kulm] n. [L culmus, a …   English World dictionary

• Culm Measures — Chevron folding in the cliffs at Millook Haven, North Cornwall The Culm Measures are a geological formation of the Carboniferous period that occur in south west England, principally in Devon and Cornwall. They are so called because of the… …   Wikipedia

• culm — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century refuse coal screenings ; slack II. noun Etymology: Latin culmus stalk more at haulm Date: circa 1657 a monocotyledonous stem (as of a grass or sedge) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• culm — kÊŒlm n. coal waste; shale which contains much coal; stem of plants or grass …   English contemporary dictionary

• culm — [kʌlm] noun the hollow stem of a grass or cereal plant, especially that bearing the flower. Origin C17: from L. culmus stalk …   English new terms dictionary

• culm —   n. grass stem.    ♦ culminal, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Purple moor grass and rush pastures — is a type of Biodiversity Action Plan habitat in the UK. It occurs on poorly drained neutral and acidic soils of the lowlands and upland fringe. It is found in the South West of England, especially in Devon. The vegetation consists of species… …   Wikipedia

• Purple moor-grass and rush pastures — Is a type of BAP habitat in the UK. It occurs on pooorly drained neutral and acidic soils of the lowlands and upland fringe. It is found in the South West of England, especially in Devon.The vegetation consists of species rich, semi natural… …   Wikipedia

• Creeping Soft Grass — Holcus mollis Habitus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Klemachloa —   Gk klema, an unknown plant referred to by Pliny, but generally assumed to have possessed jointed stems with swollen nodes; chloa, grass. Culm nodes conspicuous …   Etymological dictionary of grasses