A Straw

1. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions. Coordinate terms: hay, stover, shaw, trash
3. (countable) A drinking straw.
4. (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

straw:

5. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
6. A straw owner

Synonyms

• (dried grass): litter (obsolete)