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haulm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun haulm has 1 sense
- haulm(n = noun.plant) halm - stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding; Array is a kind of stalk, stem
CIDE DICTIONARY
haulm, n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. halm, Icel. hālmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr. kalamo`s. Cf. Excel, Culminate, Culm, Shawm, Calamus.].
The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw. [1913 Webster]
haulm, n.
A part of a harness; a hame. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haulm, n. (also halm)
1 a stalk or stem.
2 the stalks or stems collectively of peas, beans, potatoes, etc., without the pods etc.
1 a stalk or stem.
2 the stalks or stems collectively of peas, beans, potatoes, etc., without the pods etc.
Etymology
OE h(e)alm f. Gmc
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