cornstalk meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

cornstalk

noun

Etymology From corn + stalk.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.

Holonym: cornfield
As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267:

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.

Australia, Obsolete, Slang A non-indigenous person born in Australia.

Australia, Derogatory, Slang a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.

He's a bloody cornstalk.

Derived terms: cornstalk dracaena
Related terms: cornflour, cornhusker, cornmeal, corn oil