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cornstalks

cornstalks is the plural of cornstalk.

Meaning of cornstalk

Noun

cornstalk (plural cornstalks)

  1. The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
    • Holonym: cornfield
  2. A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
  3. (Australia, obsolete, slang) A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
  4. (Australia, derogatory, slang) a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
    • He's a bloody cornstalk.

Questions about cornstalks

What is cornstalks the plural of?
Cornstalks is the plural of cornstalk.

Words near cornstalks in the dictionary

  1. cornshucks
  2. cornsilk
  3. cornsilks
  4. cornsilog
  5. cornstalk
  6. cornstalks
  7. cornstar
  8. cornstarch
  9. cornstarch crusader
  10. cornstarch crusaders
  11. cornstarched

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