glume

glume

G0155200 (glo͞om)n.1. A bract, usually one of two, at the base of a grass spikelet.2. A bract in a sedge spikelet, usually subtending a floret.

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[Latin glūma, husk; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.]

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glu·ma′ceous (glo͞o-mā′shəs) adj.

glume

(ɡluːm) n1. (Botany) botany one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses2. (Botany) the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant[C18: from Latin glūma husk of corn; related to Latin glūbere to remove the bark from] gluˈmaceous adj ˈglumeˌlike adj

glume

(glum)

n. one of a pair of chafflike bracts enclosing the floral parts of a spikelet in grasses. [1570–80; < Latin glūma husk enclosing a cereal grain, probably =glūb(ere) to strip the bark from + *-sma n. suffix] glu•ma•ceous (gluˈmeɪ ʃəs) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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glume - small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceaebract - a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescenceflowering glume, lemma - the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae