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Meaning of glume | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).

Equivalents

Bosanski gluma kale kale
Català gluma
Cymraeg uslen
Deutsch Spelze
Español gluma
Suomi kale
Français glume glumé
Hrvatski gluma kale kale
Magyar pelyva
Italiano gluma
Kurdî kale
Polski plewka
Română gluma
Српски gluma kale kale

Examples

“[T]he glume in some alpine grasses, and the scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

glumelle Glumly Glumness glump glumpiness glumps

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