see|Culm
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/k�lm/

Etymology 1
Origin unknown, probably related to coal.

Noun
en-noun

1. waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.

Etymology 2
Latin culmus.

Noun
en-noun

1. botany the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge

#:*1962: because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once � Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

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