flowering glume

/ˌflaʊərɪŋ glum/
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Other forms: flowering glumes

Definitions of flowering glume
  1. noun
    the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
    synonyms: lemma
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    type of:
    glume
    small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
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