corn stalk
Cereal plant upright
A corn stalk is the tall stem of a maize plant, typically reaching six to ten feet high.
After harvest, dried corn stalks remain standing in fields or are gathered for autumn decorations: Corn stalks and pumpkins lined the front porch.
Also spelled as one word: cornstalk.
- huskDry seed covering
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- tasselOrnamental hanging cluster
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
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- plant stemsstem, trunk, bole, cane, culm
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- paper ingredientswood pulp, cellulose, cotton rags, recycled paper, wastepaper
plant part function
corn stalkcorn kernel
Individual maize seed
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