cornstalk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From corn + stalk.
Meanings
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The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
Holonym: cornfield
As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267:
- A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
- (Australia, obsolete, slang) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
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(Australia, derogatory, slang) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
He's a bloody cornstalk.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cornstalks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
cornhusker · cornmeal · corncob · kernel · ear · corn oil · cornhusk · cornflour
Translations (8)
mez asēqtakan (the tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant) · pt colmo (the tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant) · unm sipakòn (a single specimen of a corn plant) · ast tarmu (the tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant) · paw tatkiicuʼ (the tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant) · mez asēqtakan (a single specimen of a corn plant) · unm sipakòn (the tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant) · pt pé de milho (a single specimen of a corn plant)