glume

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

Etymology

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

Synonyms

awn

beard

chaff

cornhusk

straw

Translations

gluma

Ähre

Granne

Hüllspelze

Intelligenz

Spelze

Spitze

Ährenspitze

άχυρο

φλοιός σιτηρών

balle

bale

vlies

plewa

plewka