cornstalk

noun

Etymology

From corn + stalk.

  1. derived from *stel- — “to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk
  2. derived from *stalô
  3. inherited from *stalukaz
  4. inherited from *staluk
  5. inherited from *stealc
  6. inherited from stalke
  7. compounded as cornstalk — “corn + stalk

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at…

    A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.

  3. A non-indigenous person born in Australia.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.

      • He's a bloody cornstalk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cornstalk. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cornstalk. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at cornstalk

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA