culm
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“It could also be a culm bank where they put all the refuse of the coal industry. It does look like there are trees growing on it.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2017
As far as DEP is concerned, reprocessing coal from culm banks is a benefit: It mitigates a hazard, as well as the environmental issues, Stefanko said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2015
Thence the roadbed becomes a chute between cliffs, trees, coal tupples and culm banks into Wilkes-Barre,† on the Susquehanna River.
From Time Magazine Archive
The task of dredging out millions of tons of accumulated silt and culm is ready to begin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taking a long culm of timothy-grass, I inserted the tip into the burrow.
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
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