glume

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

Hüllspelze

Spelze

Ährenspitze

άχυρο

φλοιός σιτηρών

From Latin gluma (“husk of grain”). The root can also be seen in glubere (“to peel”).

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