culm

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For the third year running, the Environment Agency said it had restocked the River Culm in Devon following pollution in 2019.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2021

Warriors arrived from both countries in fairly large numbers, and during their presence ruined villages and churches were rebuilt in the district of Culm, where the conversions had taken place mainly.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

He himself went through the tremendous campaign that brought about the conclusion of the war and the downfall of Napoleon, and was present at the great battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, Reichenbach, Dresden, Culm, and Leipsic.

From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Culm 3–6° high; leaves about 6´´ wide; cymes decompound, diffuse; bristles awl-shaped, stout, unequal, shorter than the achene.—Wet places, Penn. to Fla., west to S. Ind. and Mo. 14.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Culm, a straw; the stem of Grasses and Sedges, 39.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa