straw

agricultural byproduct of cereal crops
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straw

Summary

straw ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,439 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • straw is a type of plant material[2].
  • straw is used for gardening[3].
  • straw is used for fodder[4].
  • straw is used for combustion[5].
  • straw is used for motor fuel[6].
  • straw is used for mulch[7].
  • straw is used for handicraft[8].
  • straw is used for musical instrument making[9].
  • straw's Commons category is recorded as Straw[10].
  • straw's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Straw[11].
  • straw's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • straw's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[13].
  • straw's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
  • straw's different from is recorded as Stro[15].
  • straw's different from is recorded as Paja[16].
  • straw's different from is recorded as Palla[17].
  • straw's by-product of is recorded as grain production[18].
  • straw's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003869[19].
  • straw's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q25634243[20].
  • straw's P14541 is recorded as 4di5tg[21].

Body

Definition and Type

straw is a type of plant material[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include gardening[3], fodder[4], combustion[5], motor fuel[6], mulch[7], and handicraft[8].

Influence

Things named for straw include Milky Way[22], a barred spiral galaxy[23]; the straw that broke the camel's back[24], an idiom[25]; straw[26], a color[27]; mulch[28]; and Ponte della Paglia[29], a Bridges in Venice[30], in Italy[31].

Why It Matters

straw ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,439 views/month).[1] straw has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] straw is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for straw include Milky Way[22], a barred spiral galaxy[23]; the straw that broke the camel's back[24], an idiom[25]; straw[26], a color[27]; mulch[28]; and Ponte della Paglia[29], a Bridges in Venice[30], in Italy[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · O Breixo · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 162451
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 162451"
  2. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C1611
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C1611, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → straw
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: straw, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958459|straw (#289958459)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Aberjona
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q319593, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4di5tg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0382122-slama
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0382122-slama, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → gardening, fodder, combustion +4
    Different from → Stro, Paja, Palla
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → plant material
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7724, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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