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culm ¹  (klm)

n.

The stem of a grass or similar plant.

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[Latin culmus, stalk.]

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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.

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[Middle English colme, coal dust, perhaps from Old English col, coal.]

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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]

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culm¹

n Mining

1. (Mining & Quarrying) coal-mine waste

2. (Mining & Quarrying) inferior anthracite

[probably related to coal]

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culm²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the hollow jointed stem of a grass or sedge

[from Latin culmus stalk; see haulm]

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culm  (klm)

The stem of a grass or similar plant.

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culm - 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