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<p>A <b>culm</b> is the aerial (above-ground) <a href="page.php?w=plant_stem">stem</a> of a <a href="page.php?w=Poaceae">grass</a> or <a href="page.php?w=Cyperaceae">sedge</a>. It is derived from the <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> word , meaning 'stalk'. It originally referred to the stem of any type of plant. </p>

<p>In <a href="page.php?w=horticulture">horticulture</a> or <a href="page.php?w=agriculture">agriculture</a>, it is especially used to describe the stalk or woody stems of <a href="page.php?w=bamboo">bamboo</a>, <a href="page.php?w=cane_%28grass%29">cane</a></p><p>
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