haulm-straw

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• haulm — [hôm] n. [ME halm < OE healm, halm, straw, akin to Ger halm < IE * k̑olemos, reed, cane > Gr kalamos, L culmus] 1. the stalks or stems of cultivated cereal plants, beans, peas, etc., esp. after the crop has been gathered 2. straw or hay… …   English World dictionary

• Haulm — (h[add]m), n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. h[=a]lmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo s. Cf. {Excel}, {Culminate}, {Culm}, {Shawm}, {Calamus}.] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• straw — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, adjutage, afterglow, afterimage, air, anthrophore, aureate, auric, axis, bagatelle, balance, barley, bauble, bean, beige, bestrew, bibelot, bird seed, bit, bole, bran,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• haulm — noun /hɒm/ a) (collectively) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching b) An individual plant stem. Syn …   Wiktionary

• Hawm — (h[add]m), n. See {Haulm}, straw. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Helm — Helm, n. See {Haulm}, straw. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• berehealm — n ( es/ ) barley haulm, straw …   Old to modern English dictionary

• stalk — I noun the stalk of a plant Syn: stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent; Brit. haulm, straw, reed II verb 1) a cat was stalking a rabbit Syn: creep up on, trail, follow …   Thesaurus of popular words

• thatch — 1. noun /θætʃ/ a) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. b) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Syn …   Wiktionary

• axis — Synonyms and related words: Bund, Rochdale cooperative, air line, alliance, anthrophore, arbor, assemblage, association, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, band, bearing, beeline, bloc, body, bole, cane, carpophore, caudex,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bole — Synonyms and related words: anthrophore, axis, barrel, cane, carpophore, cask, caudex, caulicle, caulis, column, culm, cylinder, cylindroid, drum, footstalk, funicule, funiculus, haulm, leafstalk, pedicel, peduncle, petiole, petiolule, petiolus,… …   Moby Thesaurus