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cornstalk
noun 4
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3ADJ.
bloody
VERB + CORNSTALK
stalks
CORNSTALK + NOUN
ragweed
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noun
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 maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
3
A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
4
a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
He's a bloody cornstalk.
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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 Irela
Wiktionary03
He's a bloody cornstalk.
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