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culm

1  [kuhlm]
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–noun
1. coal dust; slack.
2. anthracite, esp. of inferior grade.
Origin:
1300–50; ME colme, prob. equiv. to col coal + -m suffix of uncert. meaning (cf. -m in OE fæthm fathom, wæstm growth)

culm

2  [kuhlm]
–noun
1. a stem or stalk, esp. the jointed and usually hollow stem of grasses.
–verb (used without object)
2. to grow or develop into a culm.
Origin:
1650–60; < L culmus stalk; akin to calamus, haulm
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culm 1   (kŭlm)   
n.  The stem of a grass or similar plant.

[Latin culmus, stalk.]
culm 2   (kŭlm)   
n.  

  1. Waste from anthracite coal mines, consisting of fine coal, coal dust, and dirt.

    1. Carboniferous shale.

    2. Inferior anthracite coal.


[Middle English colme, coal dust, perhaps from Old English col, coal.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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