Culm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Culm \Culm\ (k[u^]lm), n. [L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to
     calamus. See{Halm}.] (Bot.)
     The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the
     bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  culm
       n : stem of plants of the Gramineae