glume

English - Turkish

Definition of glume in English Turkish dictionary

kavuz

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) başak abuğu

gluma

{i} başak kabuğu

çayırgillerin başakçıklarında pul şeklinde bir çenek

English - English

Definition of glume in English English dictionary

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

{n} husk or chaff on the feeds of plants

an outer husk or bract of a spikelet

small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae

either of the two basal bracts of a grass spikelet that do not directly subtend flowers; a small chaff-like bract

A small bract with a flower in the axil as in grass

{i} small leaf in the blossoming of grass or sedge or similar plant

One of a pair of bracts at the base of a grass spikelet

Two bracts found at the base of a grass or cereal spikelet

The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp

a basal, mambranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae)

a bract at the base of a spikelet in the Grass Family

Etymology

() The term comes from the Latin gluma, meaning "husk of grain". It can also be seen in the French verb, glubere meaning "to peel".