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noun

culmus

gen. culmi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
kindr. with culmen
a stalk, stem; straw •
a stalk, stem, esp. of grain, straw, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 3 (Cod. Vindob. culmen); Cic. Sen. 15, 51; Verg. G. 1, 111; 1, 317 al.—Of other plants: milii, panici, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 52: holci, id. 27, 10, 63, § 90: lilii, Stat. S. 3, 3, 128.
Perseus ID: n11849 Key: culmus