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glumaceous

[gloo-mey-shuhs]

adjective Botany.

glumelike; chaffy.

consisting of or having glumes.

Origin:
1820–30; glume + -aceous

Related forms

sub·glu·ma·ceous, adjective

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glume (ɡluːm)

—n
1.	botany one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses
2.	the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant

[C18: from Latin glūma husk of corn; related to Latin glūbere to remove the bark from]

glu'maceous

—*adj*

'glumelike

—*adj*

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