cornstalk
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Definition of cornstalk
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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
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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.”
- A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
- (Australia, obsolete, slang)A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
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(Australia, derogatory, slang)a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
“He's a bloody cornstalk.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From corn + stalk.
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