Definition of "glumes" [glumes]

• Plural form of glume. (noun)

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• "If there are six glumes, the _fourth_ bears stamens and the ovary, the _fifth_ and _sixth glumes_ are empty, and in spikelets of seven glumes, the third, fourth, and the fifth glumes are flower-bearing and contain grains, and the remaining two glumes are empty."
• "The first two empty glumes are called glumes by all agrostologists."
• "Page 140 of other plants, called glumes, and two more delicate inner ones, answering to the coral, called paleae."