GLUME

glume

(noun) small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

glume (plural glumes)

(botany) A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).

Source: Wiktionary


Glume, n. Etym: [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)

Definition: The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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