Definition of straw

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Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease..

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Cobwall :: Cobwall (n.) A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
Native :: Native (a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries..
Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..
Whitethroat :: Whitethroat (n.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca)..
Litter :: Litter (n.) Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants..
Shilf :: Shilf (n.) Straw.
Hawm :: Hawm (n.) See Haulm, straw..
Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw..
Plait :: Plait (n.) A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat..
Reed :: Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Paillasse :: Paillasse (n.) An under bed or mattress of straw.
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Chip :: Chip (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets..
Vetchy :: Vetchy (a.) Consisting of vetches or of pea straw.
Mulch :: Mulch (n.) Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture..
Kit :: Kit (m.) straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket..
Stramonium :: Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored.
Streek :: Stree (n.) Straw.
Strawy :: Strawworm (n.) A caddice worm.
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..
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