NOUN | plant | glume | small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae |
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Meaning | small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae. | |
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Narrower | lemma, flowering glume | The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae |
Broader | bract | A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence |
Spanish | gluma | |
Catalan | gluma |
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