cornstalk

Meaning

Noun

  • The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
  • 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.
  • a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.

Origin

  • corn + stalk

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