Meaning & use
Halm
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The stalks or stems of certain plants, such as beans, peas, or potatoes, especially after the crop has been harvested; also spelled 'haulm'.
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Farmers burned the dry halm left in the fields after the potato harvest.
The thatched roof was woven from bundles of halm.
A note on using this word
An older variant spelling of 'haulm', still used in British agricultural and dialect contexts.
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haulmstalks
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