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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: culm n : stem of plants of the Gramineae
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