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CulmCulm Culm (k[u^]lm), n. [L. culmus stalk, stem; akin to
calamus. SeeHalm.] (Bot.)
The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the
bamboo), jointed and usually hollow. Culm
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.
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Culm may
refer to:
Culm (in
British English),
imperfect anthracite, a
variety of coal also some carboniferous...
- A
culm is the
aerial (above-ground) stem of a gr**** or sedge. It is
derived from
Latin culmus,
meaning "stalk." It
originally referred to the stem of any...
- The
Culm Measures are a
thick sequence of
geological strata originating during the
Carboniferous Period that
occur in south-west England, prin****lly in...
- A
culm bomb (also
culm ball,
depending on
location in Ireland) is a
compressed ball of
culm mixed with
yellow clay as a
binding agent. For
roughly 400...
- The
River Culm flows through the
Devon Redlands in Devon,
England and is the
longest tributary of the
River Exe. It
rises in the
Blackdown Hills at a spring...
-
Culm Davy is a
historic manor and present-day
hamlet within the
parish of
Hemyock in Devon. The
estate of ****be is
listed in the
Domesday Book of 1086...
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distinguish it from its competitors.
Culm has
different meanings in
British and
American English. In
British English,
culm is the
imperfect anthracite, located...
- the
largest culms of any
known species of bamboo; up to 14.5
inches (37 cm) wide with
culm walls up to 2.3
inches (5.8 cm)
thick and the
culm up to 151...
-
sometimes violating human rights.
Tailings are also
called mine dumps,
culm dumps, slimes, refuse,
leach residue, slickens, or terra-cone (terrikon)...
- family, in the case of
Dendrocalamus sinicus having individual stalks (
culms)
reaching a
length of 46
meters (151 ft), up to 36
centimeters (14 in) in...
