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Definition of glume in English: glumenoun ɡluːmɡlum Botany Each of two membranous bracts surrounding the spikelet of a grass (forming the husk of a cereal grain) or one surrounding the florets of a sedge. Example sentencesExamples - It can infect leaves, sheaths, glumes, and awns.
- The genes Hg and Hgb made the glume hairy.
- At the base of each spikelet, there is a pair of sterile glumes that surrounds a series of flowers (five to eight in number).
- Water potential differences between the flag leaf, glumes, stem and grain were maintained as the water stress increased further (data not shown).
- In the experiments in Table 1, pricking of an anther and the ovary induced dehiscence whereas cutting or piercing of the glumes did not.
Origin Late 18th century: from Latin gluma 'husk'. Definition of glume in US English: glumenounɡlo͞omɡlum Botany Each of two membranous bracts surrounding the spikelet of a grass (forming the husk of a cereal grain) or one surrounding the florets of a sedge. Example sentencesExamples - At the base of each spikelet, there is a pair of sterile glumes that surrounds a series of flowers (five to eight in number).
- In the experiments in Table 1, pricking of an anther and the ovary induced dehiscence whereas cutting or piercing of the glumes did not.
- It can infect leaves, sheaths, glumes, and awns.
- Water potential differences between the flag leaf, glumes, stem and grain were maintained as the water stress increased further (data not shown).
- The genes Hg and Hgb made the glume hairy.
Origin Late 18th century: from Latin gluma ‘husk’. |