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Bill Hooker on Nostr: I was curious too and found this: glume (ɡluːm) n 1. (Botany) botany one of a pair ...

I was curious too and found this:

glume (ɡluːm) n
1. (Botany) botany one of a pair of dry membranous bracts at the base of the spikelet of grasses
2. (Botany) the bract beneath each flower in a sedge or related plant

[C18: from Latin glūma husk of corn; related to Latin glūbere to remove the bark from]

gluˈmaceous adj
ˈglumeˌlike adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014