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glume

noun as in husk

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In both the fruits fall out freely from the glume, and in the latter the awns are three-pronged and shorter than the grain.

The flowering glume is divided at the tip, and provided with a long, bent, twisted bristle.

Flowers all perfect; flowering glume bifid, short-awned between the teeth.

Flowering glume and palet herbaceous, the former (anterior) convex, long-awned from the apex.

Outer glumes unequal, often bristle-pointed; the flowering glume tipped with three awns; the palet much smaller.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glume, such as: chaff, pod, rind, aril, bark, and case.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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