glume

(glo̵̅o̅m)

noun

either of the two empty sterile bracts at the base of a grass spikelet, or a similar structure on the spikelets of sedges

Origin: ModL gluma < L, husk < base of glubere, to peel, flay: see cleave

See glume in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One of the two chaffy basal bracts of a grass spikelet.

Origin:

Origin: Latin glūma, husk; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots

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