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n. One of the two chaffy basal bracts of a grass spikelet.

n. a basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae)

n. The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet.

n. A chaffy bract or bractlet characterizing the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, and other Glumaceæ.

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

"The second glume is shorter than the third, membranous, 3 - to 5-nerved, rarely wanting."

bract   

empty glume    flowering glume   

lemma    flowering glume   

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