cornstalk

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Definition of cornstalk

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
    “Holonym: cornfield”
    “As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.”
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noun

  1. The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
    “Holonym: cornfield”
    “As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.”
  2. A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
  3. (Australia, obsolete, slang)A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
  4. (Australia, derogatory, slang)a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
    “He's a bloody cornstalk.”

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Etymology

From corn + stalk.

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