Culm vs Caudex - What's the difference?
culm | caudex |
waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
* 1887 , Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker , Chapter XXI:
anthracite, especially when found in small masses
(botany) the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge
* 1962 , , page 150:
As a proper noun culm
is a german bishopric, founded in 1234.As a noun caudex is
(botany) an enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.culm
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps related to (coal). Perhaps from (etyl) , applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: compare Old English culme.Noun
- Here he lay down on a place soft with culm , to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from (etyl) culmus .Noun
(en noun)- ...because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once;...