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noun
A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bract
Narrower terms: lemma, flowering glume
History
From Latin gluma (“husk of grain”). The root can also be seen in glubere (“to peel”).
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
