culm

[Latin culmus, stalk.]

1. Waste from anthracite coal mines, consisting of fine coal, coal dust, and dirt.
2. 1. Carboniferous shale.
   2. Inferior anthracite coal.

[Middle English colme, coal dust, perhaps from Old English col, coal.]

A stem, especially of grasses, that is usually hollow except at the nodes. Bamboo is a good example.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: stem of plants of the Gramineae

Culm may refer to:

• Culm (plant), the stem of any type of plant
• Culm Measures, a geological formation of England
• River Culm, in Mid-Devon, England
• the German name for Chełmno, Poland, also spelled Kulm
• a term used for fine-grained waste from anthracite coal preparation plants; see Spoil tip

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