The meaning of GLUME is a chaffy bract; specifically : either of two empty bracts at the base of the spikelet in grasses.

GLUME definition: one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet. See examples of glume used in a sentence.

In botany, a glume is a bract (leaf-like structure) below a spikelet in the inflorescence (flower cluster) of grasses (Poaceae) or the flowers of sedges (Cyperaceae).

Other articles where glume is discussed: Poaceae: Characteristic morphological features: The lowermost, called glumes, are usually two in number, and they enclose some or all of the other …

glume in American English (ɡlum ) noun Origin: ModL gluma < L, husk < base of glubere, to peel, flay: see cleave 1 either of the two empty sterile bracts at the base of a grass spikelet, or a similar …

glume, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

glume (glum) n. one of a pair of chafflike bracts enclosing the floral parts of a spikelet in grasses.

glume (glo̅o̅m), n. [Bot.] Botany one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., esp. one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.

The flowering glume has generally a more or less boat-shaped form, is of firm consistence, and possesses a well-marked central midrib and frequently several lateral ones.

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