a stalk or stem 茎,秆 ■[mass noun]the stalks or stems collectively of peas, beans, or potatoes without the pods or tubers, as used for bedding 豆秸 potato haulm. 土豆秸。
语源
Old English healm, halm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch halm and German Halm, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin culmus 'stalk' and Greek kalamos 'reed'