glume Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

WordNet

Glume noun
Etymology
L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.

Webster 1913