cornstalk
Noun
The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
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Holonym: cornfield
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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.
A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
Usage- Australia
- Obsolete
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a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
Usage- Australia
- Derogatory
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He's a bloody cornstalk.
Noun
the stalk of a corn plant
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cornstalks