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FLOWERING GLUME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering glume mean?
• FLOWERING GLUME (noun)
The noun FLOWERING GLUME has 1 sense:
1. the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Familiarity information: FLOWERING GLUME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
flowering glume; lemma
Hypernyms ("flowering glume" is a kind of...):
glume (small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae)
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