stubble

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stubble/ˈstʌbl/

▶noun

• 1 the cut stalks of cereal plants left in the ground after harvesting.

• 2 short, stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a while.

– derivatives
stubbled adjective,
stubbly adjective.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. stuble, from L. stupla, stupula, vars of stipula ‘straw’.