GLUME


Meaning of GLUME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈglüm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin gluma, from Latin, hull, husk; akin to Latin glubere to peel — more at cleave

Date: 1789

: a chaffy bract ; specifically : either of two empty bracts at the base of the spikelet in grasses

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