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Definitions for Glume

[1] 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.
[2] botany one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses
[3] the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant

Words related to Glume

rind, pod, chaff, case, shell, hull, outside, skin, bark, shuck, aril

Words nearby Glume

gluggable, gluhwein, glum, glum bum, glumaceous, glume, gluon, gluonium, glurge, gluside, glut

Origin of Glume

1570–80; < Latin glūma husk enclosing a cereal grain, probably equivalent to glūb(ere ) to strip the bark from + *-sma noun suffix

Other words from Glume

glume·like , adjective

Word origin for Glume

C18: from Latin glūma husk of corn; related to Latin glūbere to remove the bark from

Synonyms for Glume

chaff, pod, rind, aril, bark, case, hull, outside, shell, shuck, skin