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FLOWERING GLUME
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Synonyms:
flowering glume; lemma
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Hypernyms ("flowering glume" is a kind of...):
glume (small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae)