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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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.
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
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.
Culminal :: Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Culm :: Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses..
Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal..
Acme :: Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.
Noon :: Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc..
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor..
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..
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
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