| Pronunciation: | | gloom
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae |
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GLUME is a 5 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | bract, flowering glume, lemma |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Glume\, n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or
peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and
grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. --Gray.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A bract in the inflorescence of a grass, sedge or similar plant. |
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