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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Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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..
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination..
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal..
Culminal :: Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Noon :: Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination..
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Acme :: Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.
Culm :: Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..
Culminating :: Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminat.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culm :: Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses..
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..
Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Apogee :: Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
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