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单词 glume
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Definition of glume in English:

glume

noun ɡluːmɡlum
Botany
  • Each of two membranous bracts surrounding the spikelet of a grass (forming the husk of a cereal grain) or one surrounding the florets of a sedge.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • It can infect leaves, sheaths, glumes, and awns.
    • The genes Hg and Hgb made the glume hairy.
    • At the base of each spikelet, there is a pair of sterile glumes that surrounds a series of flowers (five to eight in number).
    • Water potential differences between the flag leaf, glumes, stem and grain were maintained as the water stress increased further (data not shown).
    • In the experiments in Table 1, pricking of an anther and the ovary induced dehiscence whereas cutting or piercing of the glumes did not.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin gluma 'husk'.

Definition of glume in US English:

glume

nounɡlo͞omɡlum
Botany
  • Each of two membranous bracts surrounding the spikelet of a grass (forming the husk of a cereal grain) or one surrounding the florets of a sedge.

    〔植〕颖(片)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the base of each spikelet, there is a pair of sterile glumes that surrounds a series of flowers (five to eight in number).
    • In the experiments in Table 1, pricking of an anther and the ovary induced dehiscence whereas cutting or piercing of the glumes did not.
    • It can infect leaves, sheaths, glumes, and awns.
    • Water potential differences between the flag leaf, glumes, stem and grain were maintained as the water stress increased further (data not shown).
    • The genes Hg and Hgb made the glume hairy.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin gluma ‘husk’.

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