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glume
glume [ gloom ] (plural glumes)


noun 
Definition:
 
base leaf on ear: either of a pair of dry leaves at the base of the spikelet in an ear of a grass or cereal plant
[Late 18th century. < Latin gluma "husk"]

glu·ma·ceous [ gloo máyshəss ] adjective
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