haulm

haulm  (hôm)

n. Chiefly British

The stems of peas, beans, potatoes, or grasses.

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[Middle English halm, straw, from Old English healm.]

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haulm, halm [hɔːm]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc., collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a single stem of such a plant

[Old English healm; related to Old Norse halmr, Old High German halm stem, straw, Latin culmus stalk, Greek kalamos reed, Old Slavonic slama straw]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

haulm - stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding halm stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Translations

haulm

n (single) → Stängel m; (grain, grass also) → Halm m; (collectively) → Stroh nt