noun
- the stems or stalks of plants, especially of potatoes, peas, or beans, after the crop has been harvested
Usage: chiefly British; agricultural
Examples
- The farmer burned the potato haulm after the harvest.
- Bean haulm can be composted to enrich the soil.
- The field was littered with dried haulm from the previous season.
- She gathered the pea haulm to use as mulch in her garden.
- The cattle were fed on turnip haulm during the winter months.