Associations to the word «Culm»

Wiktionary

CULM, noun. Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
CULM, noun. Anthracite, especially when found in small masses
CULM, noun. (botany) the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge
CULM, proper noun. A German bishopric, founded in 1234.

Dictionary definition

CULM, noun. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope