glume
Definitions
A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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