[stoh-ver] 
| 1. | coarse roughage used as feed for livestock. |
| 2. | stalks and leaves, not including grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum. |
| 3. | British Dialect. fodder minus the grain portion of the plant. |
| sto·ver (stō'vər) n. The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested. [Middle English, provisions, from Norman French estovers, from Old French estovier, to be necessary, from Latin est opus, it is necessary : est, third person sing. present tense of esse, to be; see essence + opus, need, work; see opus.] |
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