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glume

Meanings
  • noun

    A type of grass or cereal grain flower, consisting of a pair of bracts enclosing the seed.

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glume , glumes
Etymology
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From Old English gloma, gluma, a husk, grain-covering, from Proto-Germanic *glumaz, *glumon-, husk, covering, from PIE *ghel- (to cover).

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  1. Glumes are not unique to grasses and cereal grains, but are also found in some other types of plants, such as some species of orchids.

  2. The term 'glume' is derived from Old English 'gloma' or 'gluma', meaning 'husk' or 'grain-covering'.

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  1. grain: Glume is a type of bract that covers the grain in certain plants.

  2. botany: Glume is a term used in botany to refer to the bracts that enclose the seeds in certain plants.

How to Memorize "glume"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a small, flat seed with a pair of bracts covering it. These bracts are the glumes.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'glume' with the image of a grain of wheat or rice, and the protective covering that surrounds it.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'glume' sounds like 'gloom', and imagine a gloomy day where the only bright spots are the protective glumes covering the grains.

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