glume
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.
Origin of glume
1Other words from glume
- glumelike, adjective
Words Nearby glume
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How to use glume in a sentence
In both the fruits fall out freely from the glume, and in the latter the awns are three-pronged and shorter than the grain.
The flowering glume is divided at the tip, and provided with a long, bent, twisted bristle.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxFlowers all perfect; flowering glume bifid, short-awned between the teeth.
Flowering glume and palet herbaceous, the former (anterior) convex, long-awned from the apex.
Outer glumes unequal, often bristle-pointed; the flowering glume tipped with three awns; the palet much smaller.
British Dictionary definitions for glume
/ (ɡluːm) /
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
Origin of glume
1Derived forms of glume
- glumaceous, adjective
- glumelike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for glume
[ glōōm ]
One of the two chaffy bracts at the base of a grass spikelet.
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