culm

Converse of object

• call: As a result, the main stalk is called the culm.
• cut: Cut dead culms close to the ground so that their stumps do not crowd the growing ones.

Adjective modifier

• straight: Grows vigorously in Britain, with straight culms that can change to a dull yellow green with age; and glossy green leaves.
• green: A vigorous and invasive bamboo, with straight erect green culms that rise from the ground well spaced.

Modifies a noun

• grassland: Target: All culm grassland sites to be entered into some form of positive management by 2003.
• fragment: Group V is the only context which has samples in which the numbers of culm fragments outnumber the numbers of grains.
• habitat: Two Cornwall Wildlife Trust reserves with culm grassland habitat, heath and scrub.

Noun used with modifier

• bamboo: The lumpy knob on the nose of the handle is the root-ball from which the bamboo culm grew.