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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 plantplay

  Familiarity information: CORNSTALK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORNSTALK (noun)


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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