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1. (n.) glume
one of a pair of chafflike bracts enclosing the floral parts of a spikelet in grasses.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L glūma husk enclosing a cereal grain, prob. =glūb(ere) to strip the bark from +*-sma n. suffix)
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1. (noun) glume
small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
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1. (noun) glume
the bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt
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