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glume
[ gloom ]
noun
, Botany.
- one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
glume
/ ɡluːm /
noun
- botany one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses
- the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant
glume
/ glo̅o̅m /
- One of the two chaffy bracts at the base of a grass spikelet.
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Derived Forms
- gluˈmaceous, adjective
- ˈglumeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- glumelike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glume1
1570–80; < Latin glūma husk enclosing a cereal grain, probably equivalent to glūb ( ere ) to strip the bark from + *-sma noun suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glume1
C18: from Latin glūma husk of corn; related to Latin glūbere to remove the bark from
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Example Sentences
In both the fruits fall out freely from the glume, and in the latter the awns are three-pronged and shorter than the grain.
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The flowering glume is divided at the tip, and provided with a long, bent, twisted bristle.
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Flowers all perfect; flowering glume bifid, short-awned between the teeth.
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Flowering glume and palet herbaceous, the former (anterior) convex, long-awned from the apex.
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Outer glumes unequal, often bristle-pointed; the flowering glume tipped with three awns; the palet much smaller.
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