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haulm definition

haulm (hôm)

noun

  1. the stalks or stems of cultivated cereal plants, beans, peas, etc., esp. after the crop has been gathered
  2. straw or hay used for thatching, bedding, etc.
  3. a stem of grass or grain

Etymology: ME halm < OE healm, halm, straw, akin to Ger halm < IE *olemos, reed, cane > Gr kalamos, L culmus

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