stubble

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Delhi and northern states annually face smog during the winter due to a confluence of dropping temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speeds, vehicle emissions and crop stubble burning.

From BBC

He has a monkish buzz cut, a mustache and a healthy stubble.

From Salon

Every year, Delhi and northern states battle hazardous air during the winter months of October to January due to plummeting temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speed, vehicular emissions and crop stubble burning.

From BBC

Raja Jehangir Anwar, a senior environment official, said the "biggest headache" causing the smog was the practice of burning crop waste, known as stubble, across the Indian border.

From BBC

Farmers burn the remaining stubble of their harvested crops during the months of November and December in order to clear the fields to make way for more planting.

From BBC