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culm 1  (klm)
n.
The stem of a grass or similar plant.
[Latin culmus, stalk.]
culm 2  (klm)
n.
1. Waste from anthracite coal mines, consisting of fine coal, coal dust, and dirt.
2.
a. Carboniferous shale.
b. Inferior anthracite coal.
[Middle English colme, coal dust, perhaps from Old English col, coal.]
Culm, Culm Measures
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a formation consisting mainly of shales and sandstone deposited during the Carboniferous period in parts of Europe
[from culm1]
culm1
n Mining
1. (Mining & Quarrying) coal-mine waste
2. (Mining & Quarrying) inferior anthracite
[probably related to coal]
culm2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the hollow jointed stem of a grass or sedge
[from Latin culmus stalk; see haulm]
culm  (klm)
The stem of a grass or similar plant.
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Noun1.culm - stem of plants of the Gramineaeculm - stem of plants of the Gramineae      
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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