On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Culms. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Culms meaning
plural of culm
Using Culms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of culm
- In the example corpus, culms often appears in combinations such as: culms are, bamboo culms.
Context around Culms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Culms
- In this selection, "culms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bamboo, decaying, larger, particularly, helps and reach stand out and add context to how "culms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and larger culms are produced and individual bamboo culms do not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "culms" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with culms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The clearing out or thinning of culms, particularly older decaying culms, helps to ensure adequate light and resources for new growth. (21 words)
As the clump and its rhizome system mature, taller and larger culms are produced each year until the plant approaches its particular species limits of height and diameter. (28 words)
Unlike all trees, individual bamboo culms emerge from the ground at their full diameter and grow to their full height in a single growing season of three to four months. (30 words)
Harvesting of bamboo is typically undertaken according to these cycles: 1) Lifecycle of the culm: As each individual culm goes through a 5– to 7-year lifecycle, culms are ideally allowed to reach this level of maturity prior to full capacity harvesting. (42 words)
Harvesting Bamboo used for construction purposes must be harvested when the culms reach their greatest strength and when sugar levels in the sap are at their lowest, as high sugar content increases the ease and rate of pest infestation. (39 words)
Individual bamboo culms do not get any taller or larger in diameter in subsequent years than they do in their first year, and they do not replace any growth lost from pruning or natural breakage. (35 words)
Example sentences (6)
The clearing out or thinning of culms, particularly older decaying culms, helps to ensure adequate light and resources for new growth.
As the clump and its rhizome system mature, taller and larger culms are produced each year until the plant approaches its particular species limits of height and diameter.
Harvesting Bamboo used for construction purposes must be harvested when the culms reach their greatest strength and when sugar levels in the sap are at their lowest, as high sugar content increases the ease and rate of pest infestation.
Harvesting of bamboo is typically undertaken according to these cycles: 1) Lifecycle of the culm: As each individual culm goes through a 5– to 7-year lifecycle, culms are ideally allowed to reach this level of maturity prior to full capacity harvesting.
Individual bamboo culms do not get any taller or larger in diameter in subsequent years than they do in their first year, and they do not replace any growth lost from pruning or natural breakage.
Unlike all trees, individual bamboo culms emerge from the ground at their full diameter and grow to their full height in a single growing season of three to four months.
Common combinations with culms
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: