glumose

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

• glume — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• glumous — glumous, a. (ˈgl(j)uːməs) [f. glume + ous.] = glumose. 1828–32 in Webster (citing Martyn); and in later Dicts …   Useful english dictionary