About The Word Glume
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Glume
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What's The Definition Of Glume?
[n] small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
Synonyms | Synonyms for Glume: Related Terms | Find terms related to Glume: See Also | bract | flowering glume | lemma Glume In Webster's Dictionary \Glume\, n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or
peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and
grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. --Gray.
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