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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]: noun 1: small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae |
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