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

(hɔːm) or

halm

n

1. (Botany) the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc

2. (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]

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haulm

or halm

(hɔm)

n.

stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops.

[before 900; Middle English halm, Old English healm, c. Old Saxon, Old High German halm, Old Norse halmr; akin to Latin culmus stalk, Greek kálamos reed]

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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

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Translations

chaume

haulm

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

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