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CORNSTALK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cornstalk mean?
• CORNSTALK (noun)
The noun CORNSTALK has 1 sense:
1. the stalk of a corn plant
Familiarity information: CORNSTALK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The stalk of a corn plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
corn stalk; cornstalk
Hypernyms ("cornstalk" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Holonyms ("cornstalk" is a part of...):
corn; Indian corn; maize; Zea mays (tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times)
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