glume

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glume - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glume \Glume\ (gl[=u]m), n. [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.
     Glumella

glume - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glume
      n 1: small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of
           Gramineae and Cyperaceae