a stalk of corn (maize)
cornstalk
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cornstalk
also corn stalk
noun
The stalk or stem of a corn plant.
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Noun
(plural cornstalks)
- (botany) The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
- (botany) A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
- (Australia, slang, pejorative) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
- He's a bloody cornstalk.
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