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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
glume
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *glewbʰ-, gluma

Inflected Forms

glumes (plural)

Derived Forms

glumaceous glumal glumed glumelike glumiferous glumose glumous

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does glume mean?
A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae).
Where does glume come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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