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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Culmen :: Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Apogee :: Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Culminal :: Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Culm :: Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..
Acme :: Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Culm :: Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses..
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Noon :: Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination..
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc..
Zenith :: Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity..
Culminating :: Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminat.
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..
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..
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
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