stover

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see also: Stover

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Noun

stover

1. Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1

     Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,

     And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]

2. Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forage#Noun|forages
   • 2012, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, August 24, p.20

     Even second-generation biofuel#Noun|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#Noun|erosion and keep carbon and nutrient#Noun|nutrients in the ground.

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Stover

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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