Definition of culm

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Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..

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Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Apogee :: Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Noon :: Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination..
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor..
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Culminating :: Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminat.
Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Culminated :: Culminated (imp. & p. p.) of Culminat.
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination..
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Zenith :: Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity..
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