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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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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