Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The dried stalks and leaves of a cereal crop, used as fodder after the grain has been harvested.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fodder and provision of all sorts for cattle.
- To bristle up; stiffen.
- noun In American agriculture, the stalks of Indian corn collectively, after removal of the ears but including the leaves, used as fodder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Fodder for cattle, especiallystraw or coarsehay .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Corn stover is what remains on the field after corn has been harvested.
Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer ewillett 2008
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Cellulosic ethanol is no different from corn ethanol except that it can be made from non-food material, including wood waste, garbage, wheat straw, prairie grass and the residue from corn called stover.
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Dennis Buckmaster, in foreground, and research assistant Bart Coffman found that shredding corn plant residue, know as stover, rather than chopping, may provide easier access to the cellulosic matter used to produce ethanol.
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Herrero and Thornton also said that, for a given level of demand, fewer animals would be needed if more farmers supplemented grazing with feed consisting of crop residues (often called "stover"), such as the leaves and stalks of sorghum or maize plants, or with grains.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The crown and its surface roots are not considered part of the stover.
Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer ewillett 2008
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The US is uniquely positioned to once again by a world leader in the manufacture of chemicals and plastics, not from oil, but from home grown biomass such as corn stover, switchgrass and other cellulosic material.
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The US is uniquely positioned to once again by a world leader in the manufacture of chemicals and plastics, not from oil, but from home grown biomass such as corn stover, switchgrass and other cellulosic material.
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You mention that cellulosic ethanol can be made from corn stalks or stover.
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Cellulose-loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover ....
Jennifer Grayson: FUEL Filmmakers Unveil World's First Algae-Fueled, 150 MPG Car (VIDEO) 2009
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Cellulose-loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover ....
Robert Howarth: Record Corn Crop Spells More Trouble for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 2009
bilby commented on the word stover
"Even second generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground."
- George Monbiot, Hunger Games, monbiot.com, 13 August 2012.
August 14, 2012
qms commented on the word stover
The cows feast on green grass and clover
Till seasons of fresh growth are over,
Then autumn fields shorn
To dry stalks of corn
Will make up their wintering stover.
September 15, 2016