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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glume \Glume\ (gl[=u]m), noun [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glume
noun: small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
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