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Definition of Culms

Culm
Culm Culm (k[u^]lm), n. [L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to calamus. SeeHalm.] (Bot.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
Culm
Culm Culm, n. [Perh. from W. cwlm knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: cf. OE. culme smoke, soot.] (Min.) (a) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses. (b) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. -- Raymond.

Meaning of Culms from wikipedia

- Look up culm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Culm or The Culm may refer to: Anthracite, meaning of "culm" in British English, a kind of coal found...
- gr****es. In the production of malted grains, the culms refer to the rootlets of the germinated grains. The culms are normally removed in a process known as...
- A culm bomb (also culm ball, depending on location in Ireland) is a compressed ball of culm mixed with yellow clay as a binding agent. For roughly 400...
- individual species produce small culms initially. As the clump and its rhizome system mature, taller and larger culms are produced each year until the...
- The Culm Measures are a thick sequence of geological strata originating during the Carboniferous Period that occur in south-west England, prin****lly in...
- The River Culm flows through the Devon Redlands in Devon, England and is the longest tributary of the River Exe. It rises in the Blackdown Hills at a spring...
- its competitors.[citation needed] Culm has different meanings in British and American English. In British English, culm is the imperfect anthracite, located...
- the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to 14.5 inches (37 cm) wide with culm walls up to 2.3 inches (5.8 cm) thick and the culm up to 151...
- Culm Davy is a historic manor and present-day hamlet within the parish of Hemyock in Devon. The estate of ****be is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086...
- reproduction. This occurs when the plant sends up new culms from underground rhizomes. The culms grow quickly and reach a height of 90 ft (27 m) or more...