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stub⋅ble

  [stuhb-uhl]
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–noun
1. Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
2. such stumps collectively.
3. any short, rough growth, as of beard.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME stuble < OF estuble < VL *stupula, L stipula stipule

Related forms:
stubbled, stubbly, adjective
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stub·ble   (stŭb'əl)   
n.  

  1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.

  2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.


[Middle English stuble, from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, stupla, variant of stipula, straw.]
stub'bled adj., stub'bly adj.
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