CORNSTALK

Cornstalk

Cornstalk was a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution. His name, Hokoleskwa, translates loosely into "stalk of corn" in English, and is spelled Colesqua in some accounts. He was also known as Keigh-tugh-qua and Wynepuechsika.

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cornstalk

Noun

  1. The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
  2. A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
  3. A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
  4. a non-indigenous native of New South Wales. <ref name="Marshall 2001" />
    He's a bloody cornstalk.


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