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Glume

Glume Meaning & Definition
Glume Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glume?

[n] small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

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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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