stover

stover
/stoh"veuhr/, n.
1. coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
2. stalks and leaves, not including grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
3. Brit. Dial. fodder minus the grain portion of the plant.
[1300-50; ME; aph. var. of estover; see ESTOVERS]

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