Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLUME
GLUME, n. [L. gluma, from glubo, to bark or peel, or Gr. γλυφω.]
In botany, the calyx or corol of corn and grasses, formed of valves embracing the seed, often terminated by the arista or beard; the husk or chaff. Milne. Martyn.
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