🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

줄기

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jul-gi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Haulm/hɔːm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"감자 줄기는 수확 전에 제거해야 합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The stems or stalks of cultivated plants, especially those of peas, beans, or potatoes, considered collectively after harvesting.

    "The farmers cleared the dried potato haulm from the fields before beginning the autumn ploughing."
  2. 2

    Stalk or straw in a broader botanical or agricultural context.

    "The cattle were bedded down on a thick layer of dry haulm."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'healm', meaning stalk or straw, which shares a common Germanic root with the Old High German 'halm' and Latin 'culmus'. Over the centuries, it has retained its specialized agricultural meaning referring to the stems and foliage of legumes, potatoes, and other herbaceous crops.

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