Definition of cornstalk
: a stalk of corn
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Bothwell, a cornstalk-thin left-hander with a whip for an arm, pitched his latest masterpiece Monday against the host Hawks in the Class 2A Hebron sectional championship game.
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Sturdy cornstalks support the pole beans, while squash grows freely on the ground below, shading out competing weeds.
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Corn borers overwinter as full-grown larvae in weed stems and old cornstalks.
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But over the crest of the next hill, cornstalks wither along the trail, and the valley below is carpeted with grass where the land has been cleared for cattle ranching.
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But too often in Krasinski’s movie, the human characters are rustling the cornstalks or knocking over this or that, and nothing comes of it.
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Dress up your little monsters for Holden Arboretum's Goblins in the Garden, Oct. 6 and 7: trick-or-treating, leaf trails, cornstalk maze, straw pyramid climb, face- and hand-painting, wagon rides and traditional Scarecrow Row. 332.
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The solitary elder gives his body to fertilize the cornstalk that will eventually replenish the village.
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Part of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden’s annual Autumn at the Arboretum, the one-acre Pumpkin Village features 90,000 pumpkins, squash and gourds, plus plenty of bales of hay and cornstalks.
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First Known Use of cornstalk
1645
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Definition of cornstalk for English Language Learners
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: the long stem of a corn plant (sense 1)
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