HyperDic: glume

English > 1 sense of the word glume:
NOUNplantglumesmall dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
English > glume: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
Narrowerlemma, flowering glumeThe lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
BroaderbractA modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Spanishgluma
Catalangluma

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