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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Fodder and provision of all sorts for cattle.
  2. To bristle up; stiffen.
  3. n. In American agriculture, the stalks of Indian corn collectively, after removal of the ears but including the leaves, used as fodder.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, provisions, from Norman French estovers, from Old French estovier, to be necessary, from Latin est opus, it is necessary : est, third person sing. present tense of esse, to be; see essence + opus, need, work; see opus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby "Even second generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground."
    - George Monbiot, Hunger Games, monbiot.com, 13 August 2012.
    Aug 14, 2012

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