Thesaurus: glume
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
Related headwords
bractdefinitionbractealdefinitioncoveringdefinitionESPdefinitionflowersdefinitiongraindefinitionhuskdefinitionouterdefinitionseedsdefinitiondrydefinitionfounddefinitionGramineaedefinitiongrassesdefinitiongraydefinitioninflorescencesdefinitionmembranousdefinitionsmalldefinitionglumellafamilyglumellefamilyglugneighborgluggedneighborgluggyneighborglugsneighborgluinessneighborgluingneighborgluishneighborglumneighborglumaceousneighbor
Definitions
- n. The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
- n. small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
- The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.
- The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain andgrasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.
- n. small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae