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Glume

GLUME, n. [L. gluma, from glubo, to bark or peel.]
In botany, the calyx or corol of corn and grasses, formed of valves embracing the seed, often terminated by the arista or beard; the husk or chaff.
glume appears in definitions for these words:
Arista Awm Calyx Complicate Estivation Glumaceous Glumous Gramineal Grass Husk Ric Two-valved

 

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