haulmy

comparative more haulmy · superlative most haulmy

1. Characterised by having haulms.

   Safe in their haulmy Huts they sweetly slept, / Ne'er by the Noise of Drums or Trumpets wak'd.

   1732, Voltaire, translated by J Lockman, Henriade

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   In dry hungry ground, the poles may stand nearer together, than in a rich mellow foil ; because, this last will produce the largest, and most haulmy plants.

   1789, James Adam, Practical Essays on Agriculture

   Weeds are also very prevalent on dry upland grasslands, where such hay as is produced is necessarily thin and haulmy.

   1914, Journal of the Board of Agriculture, vol. XX.12