glume

  • 21glume — [[t]glum[/t]] n. bot one of a pair of chafflike bracts enclosing the floral parts of a spikelet in grasses • Etymology: 1570–80; < L glūma husk enclosing a cereal grain, prob. =glūb(ere) to strip the bark from +* sma n. suffix glu•ma•ceous… …

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  • 22glume — /glum/ (say gloohm) noun one of the characteristic bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet. {Latin glūma hull or husk (of grain) …

  • 23glume —   n. dry bract of grass flower.    ♦ glumaceous,    ♦ glumose, a. like or composed of glumes    ♦ glumiferous, a. bearing glumes …

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  • 24glume —  crockery. Devon. Also CLOME. A clome shop …

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  • 25glume — n. 1 a membranous bract surrounding the spikelet of grasses or the florets of sedges. 2 the husk of grain. Derivatives: glumaceous adj. glumose adj. Etymology: L gluma husk …

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  • 26Friedrich Christian Glume — Glume bei der Arbeit Friedrich Christian Glume (* 25. März 1714 in Berlin; † 6. April 1752 ebenda) war ein preußischer Bildhauer zur Zeit Friedrichs des Großen. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Bildhauer Potsdams. Friedrich …

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  • 27flowering glume — noun the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae • Syn: ↑lemma • Hypernyms: ↑glume * * * noun : lemma …

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  • 28empty glume — noun : glume …

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  • 29Glumes — Glume Les glumes sont l équivalent de bractées, généralement au nombre de deux, parfois plus, situées à la base de l épillet, inflorescence typique des Poacées (Graminées) et des Cypéracées. Il s agit de deux pièces foliacées sessiles et alternes …

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  • 30glumėtas — glumėtas, a adj. (1) glitus, gleivėtas: Glumėta žemė veikiai suklenka Šts. Glumėta žemė apkimba kojas Trk …

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