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glume

DEFINITIONS OF: glume

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

Types:
flowering glume, lemma
the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Type of:
bract
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
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