meaning of culm
1. The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
2. Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
3. The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc. , and used as fuel.
4. stem of plants of the Gramineae
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