FLOWERING GLUME

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Meaning:

The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae

Synonyms:

flowering glume; lemma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flowering glume" is a kind of...):

glume (small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae)

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