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glumes

glumes is the plural of glume.

Meaning of glume

Noun

glume (plural glumes)

  1. A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
    • [T]he glume in some alpine grasses, and the scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9

Questions about glumes

What is glumes the plural of?
Glumes is the plural of glume.

Words near glumes in the dictionary

  1. glumelike
  2. glumella
  3. glumellas
  4. glumelle
  5. glumelles
  6. glumes
  7. glumiferous
  8. glumly
  9. glummed
  10. glummer
  11. glummest

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