'Glume' definitions:
Definition of 'glume'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
Definition of 'Glume'
From: GCIDE
- Glume \Glume\ (gl[=u]m), n. [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. --Gray. Glumella