Meaning

noun plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

noun a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

originFrom Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread around, strew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sträi (“straw”), West Frisian strie (“straw”), Dutch stro (“straw”), German and German Low German Stroh (“straw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk,…

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