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Bract on a spikelet of grass
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glume
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) a basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glume \Glume\ (gl[=u]m), 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 spikelet. --Gray.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
A glume is a phytomorphological term used in botany referring to a part of the inflorescence of grasses ( Poaceae ) and sedges ( Cyperaceae ). Glumes are bracts subtending the flowers of a sedge or the spikelets of a grass. In grasses, two bracts known ...
Usage examples of glume.
The Dainnan showed them how to rub the grass-seeds between their hands and let the breeze winnow the outer glumes away.
The Bearded Darnel, a common grass weed in English cornfields, is easily distinguished by its long glumes or awns and turgid, fruiting pales, containing the large grains, from the common Ray or Rye-grass (Lolium perenne), which is one of the best of the cultivated grasses, peculiarly adapted for both hay and pasture, especially in wet or uncertain climates.