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noun
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- (colour) a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
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Translations: - Dutch: stro
- French: paille
- German: strohfarben, strohgelb
- Italian: festuca
- Spanish: paja
adjective
- Made of straw.
- straw hat
- (colour) of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
Etymology: Old English streaw, strÄaw, from Germanic - strawam "that which is strewn". Cognate with Dutch stroo, German Stroh, Swedish strí.
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